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How to spell reign

hear itreign/reɪn/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The period during which a king or queen rules.

In a sentence: The king's reign was filled with peace and joy.

The part people get wrong

Watch for the order of ei. Often misspelled as rein or rain.

Sounds like, but is not: rain, rein. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: reigns, reigned, reigning, sovereign, kingdom. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Reign” comes from Old French *reigne* and Latin *regnum*, meaning “rule” or “kingdom,” from the root *reg-* “to rule.” This same root appears in words like “regal,” “region,” and “regulate,” all connected to the idea of ruling or guiding.

Patterns it uses: i before e?

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