Reese

name

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The verdict

“Reese” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,214
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reese · Reese · French

Reese · rank #31,214 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,214
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH refondation

Nearest frequency peer: refondation (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Reese »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Reese » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Reese vs res
40% similar
Reese vs RSE
20% similar
Reese vs rêve
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Reese
PropertyValue
HeadwordReese
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,214
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Reese »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Reesese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « refondation » (#31,215), « redit » (#31,212), « reculons » (#31,211). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Reese » est au #31,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Reese, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,214 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reese, with forms such as "erese", "reees", and "reesse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "res", "RSE", "rêve", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Reese, spelled R-E-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Reese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Enfin, en 2019, sur AppleTV+, dans The Morning Show, Jennifer Aniston et Reese Witherspoon jouent deux journalistes qui tirent les enseignements de #MeToo et se rebellent contre une industrie médiatique patriarcale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erese
  • reees
  • reesse
  • rese
  • resee
  • rreese

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Reese - 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.

erese2reees2reesse1rese1resee2rreese1
Edit distance from "Reese"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reese"?
"Reese" is spelled R-E-E-S-E.
What does "Reese" mean?
As a proper noun, "Reese" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Reese"?
"Reese" is commonly confused with "res", "RSE", "rêve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Reese" come from?
"Reese" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Reese", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

redit#31,212revit#31,224rivés#31,229Ronan#31,230

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

préf6 variantsplon6 variantsmuses6 variantsmiette6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list