réa
\ʁe.a\
The verdict
“réa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,708) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #31,708
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roue dotée d’une gorge constituant la partie mobile d'une poulie. Tous les corps de métier ayant besoin de soulever de lourdes charges utilisent des poulies à multiples réas pour la réalisation de ...
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 | réa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.a\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #31,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “réa” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for réa is neighbouring look-alikes ("Rh", "RT", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ʁe.a\. Frequency #31,708 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Roue dotée d’une gorge constituant la partie mobile d'une poulie. Tous les corps de métier ayant besoin de soulever de lourdes charges utilisent des poulies à multiples réas pour la réalisation de ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for réa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rh", "RT", "RP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is réa, spelled R-É-A.
Definition
- 1Roue dotée d’une gorge constituant la partie mobile d'une poulie. Tous les corps de métier ayant besoin de soulever de lourdes charges utilisent des poulies à multiples réas pour la réalisation de palans. Chacun des réas tourne librement.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “réa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁe.a\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rh” - see the side-by-side comparison. réa vs Rh
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.