Reagan

/\ʁe.ɡan\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,982

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Reagan is aFrenchname. It means: Nom de famille irlandais, porté notamment par Ronald Reagan, homme politique américain. Pronounced \ʁe.ɡan\. Often confused with renan and regain.

Key facts for Reagan
PropertyValue
HeadwordReagan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ʁe.ɡan\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,982
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Reagan in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Reagan is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.ɡan\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,982 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nom de famille irlandais, porté notamment par Ronald Reagan, homme politique américain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reagan, with forms such as "eragan", "raegan", and "reaagn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "renan", "regain", "reggae", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Reagan, spelled R-E-A-G-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille irlandais, porté notamment par Ronald Reagan, homme politique américain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eragan,raegan,reaagn,reagann,reaggan,reagna,regaan,rreagan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Reagan

Misspelling Variants of "Reagan"

eragan6raegan6reaagn6reagann7reaggan7reagna6regaan6rreagan7
Misspelling Variants of "Reagan"

Frequency rank: #16,982 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reagan"?
"Reagan" is spelled R-E-A-G-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɡan\.
What does "Reagan" mean?
As a name, "Reagan" means: Nom de famille irlandais, porté notamment par Ronald Reagan, homme politique américain.
What words are commonly confused with "Reagan"?
"Reagan" is commonly confused with "renan", "regain", "reggae". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Reagan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reagan" is \ʁe.ɡan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reagan" come from?
"Reagan" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.