rhesus
/ˈɹiːsəs/
"rhesus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rhesus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,015
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A macaque monkey native to southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca mulatta.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rhesus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹiːsəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rhesus” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around rhesus (IPA /ˈɹiːsəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,015 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rhesus, with forms such as "hresus", "rehsus", and "rhessu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Reus", "rests", "Remus", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin rhēsus, arbitrary formation from Latin Rhēsus, from Ancient Greek Ῥῆσος (Rhêsos), mythical Thracian king. The correct English form is rhesus, spelled R-H-E-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1A macaque monkey native to southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca mulatta.
- 2Alternative form of Rhesus.
Etymology
From New Latin rhēsus, arbitrary formation from Latin Rhēsus, from Ancient Greek Ῥῆσος (Rhêsos), mythical Thracian king.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hresus,rehsus,rhessu,rhessus,rhesuss,rheuss,rhhesus,rhseus,rrhesus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rhesus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “rhesus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-H-E-S-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹiːsəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Reus” - see the side-by-side comparison. rhesus vs Reus
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
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.