reigns
\ˈɹeɪnz\
The verdict
“reigns” is uncommon French (frequency #74,330 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,330
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de reign.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reigns |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɹeɪnz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reigns” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reigns is uncommon French at frequency #74,330 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɹeɪnz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de reign.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for reigns, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is reigns, spelled R-E-I-G-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de reign.
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 “reigns”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-I-G-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.