rete
/ˈɹiːti/
"rete" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rete” is uncommon English (frequency #90,902 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,902
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A network of blood vessels or nerves.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rete · rete · English
rete · rank #90,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,902
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH retch
Nearest frequency peer: retch (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “rete”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Redruth
Redruth
9,109 corpus weight
- rember
rember
9,103 corpus weight
- retch
retch
9,100 corpus weight
- rete
rete
9,099 corpus weight
- ritsu
ritsu
9,092 corpus weight
- Roseman
Roseman
9,087 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rete” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rete |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹiːti/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rete” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rete is uncommon English at frequency #90,902 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹiːti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rete, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin rete. The correct English form is rete, spelled R-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1A network of blood vessels or nerves.
- 2An anatomical part resembling or including a network.
- 3A rotating cutaway plate or overlay on an astrolabe or starmap which represents the horizon; used to locate stars and other astronomical features.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rete.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).