reign
\ˈɹeɪn\
The verdict
“reign” is uncommon French (frequency #51,080 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,080
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Règne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reign · reign · French
reign · rank #51,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,080
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH relationship
Nearest frequency peer: relationship (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « reign »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- recyclées
recyclées
48,924 corpus weight
- refusais
refusais
48,923 corpus weight
- reign
reign
48,921 corpus weight
- relationship
relationship
48,920 corpus weight
- renforcera
renforcera
48,918 corpus weight
- rentrerait
rentrerait
48,917 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reign » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reign |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɹeɪn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reign » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reign is uncommon French at frequency #51,080 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɹeɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Règne.".
reign has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is reign, spelled R-E-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1Règne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reign appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
England prospered under Elizabeth I.’s reign.
The reign of Victoria was a long one.
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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