Reuss
"reuss" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Reuss” is uncommon English (frequency #62,453 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,453
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reuss · Reuss · English
Reuss · rank #62,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,453
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH retransmission
Nearest frequency peer: retransmission (-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 “Reuss”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reorder
reorder
37,551 corpus weight
- retransmiss…
retransmission
37,549 corpus weight
- Reuss
Reuss
37,548 corpus weight
- revocable
revocable
37,547 corpus weight
- revolutioni…
revolutionise
37,546 corpus weight
- rewinding
rewinding
37,545 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Reuss” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reuss |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Reuss” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Reuss is uncommon English at frequency #62,453 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Reuss, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”). For the river see Reuss below. The correct English form is Reuss, spelled R-E-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
- 2A surname from German.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Reuss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Germany last year said it had foiled an attempt by another far-right group – the Reichsbuerger movement - to plot accused of plotting an attack on Germany’s parliament building, allegedly to overthrow its constitutional order and install the group’s central figure – aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss – as leader.
Etymology
German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”). For the river see Reuss below.
This word in other languages
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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