Reus

name

"reus" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Reus” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #35,913) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#35,913
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.

Corpus desk

Index EN-reus · Reus · English

Reus · rank #35,913 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,913
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH retrofit

Nearest frequency peer: retrofit (-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.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “Reus”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “Reus” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Reus vs RS
25% similar
Reus vs run
25% similar
Reus vs rev
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Reus
PropertyValue
HeadwordReus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,913
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “Reus”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Reuslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “retrofit” (#35,912), “rephrase” (#35,910), “robustness” (#35,916). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “Reus” is #35,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Reus is neighbouring look-alikes ("RS", "run", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #35,913 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Gloss: "A city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reus, with forms such as "erus", "resu", and "reuss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RS", "run", "rev", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Catalan Reus. The correct English form is Reus, spelled R-E-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Reus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erus
  • resu
  • reuss
  • rreus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Reus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erus2resu2reuss1rreus1
Edit distance from "Reus"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reus"?
"Reus" is spelled R-E-U-S.
What does "Reus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Reus" means: A city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.
What words are commonly confused with "Reus"?
"Reus" is commonly confused with "RS", "run", "rev". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Reus"?
Borrowed from Catalan Reus. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Reus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list