# Rhee

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,594

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A river that begins in Ashwell, Hertfordshire, and ends at Hauxton Junction, Cambridgeshire, England, where it joins the River Cam (or Granta); in full, the River Rhee.
3. A hamlet in Assen municipality, Drenthe province, Netherlands.

## Etymology
For the surname, borrowed from Korean 이 (i). Doublet of Lee.

## Easily confused with
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rue)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rye)
- **roe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-roe)
- **rho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rho)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rule)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-ride)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rose)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rise)
- **rice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rice)
- **Rome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rome)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rude)
- **rope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rope)
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rode)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-ripe)
- **rite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rite)
- **robe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-robe)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rowe)
- **Rhys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rhys)
- **ruse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-ruse)
- **rife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rife)

## Common misspellings (4)
`rehe`, `rhe`, `rhhee`, `rrhee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rhee