Re-entry or reentry?
re-entry is a noun meaning “The act of entering again”; reentry is a noun meaning “Alternative form of re-entry”. re-entry is written with a hyphen and reentry as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between re-entry and reentry?
| re-entry | reentry | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | The act of entering again The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere | Alternative form of re-entry |
| Example | a re-entry into public life | none recorded |
| Forms | re-entries | reentries reëntries |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: re-entry and reentry in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of re-entry and reentry
re-entry
- 1
The act of entering again
a re-entry into public life
- 2
The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere
- 3
The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance
- 4
The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease
- 5
Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings
- 6
The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse
- 7
The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick
- 8
A re-entry card
reentry
- 1
Alternative form of re-entry
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, re-entry or reentry?
re-entry is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; reentry about once in every 1 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search re-entry vs reentry?
“re-entry vs reentry” is searched about 10 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“reentry vs re-entry”, “re-entry or reentry”).
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