Reuter
"reuter" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Reuter” is uncommon English (frequency #57,020 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,020
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German
Corpus desk
Index EN-reuter · Reuter · English
Reuter · rank #57,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,020
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH revaluation
Nearest frequency peer: revaluation (+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 neighbourhood for “Reuter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- regrow
regrow
42,987 corpus weight
- remotest
remotest
42,986 corpus weight
- Reuter
Reuter
42,981 corpus weight
- revaluation
revaluation
42,980 corpus weight
- riposte
riposte
42,978 corpus weight
- rive
rive
42,977 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Reuter” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reuter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Reuter” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Reuter is uncommon English at frequency #57,020 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Reuter, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Reuter. The correct English form is Reuter, spelled R-E-U-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German
Etymology
From German Reuter.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.