re-entry
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "re-entry", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "re-entry" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "re-entry" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
The verdict
“re-entry” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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- below top-frequency English
- 8
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Dominant Wiktionary sense: The act of entering again.
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Browse all word comparisons →| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | re-entry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “re-entry” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for re-entry is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for re-entry in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + entry. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is re-entry, spelled R-E---E-N-T-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The act of entering again.
- 2The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
- 3The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- 4The 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.
- 5Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
- 6The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
- 7The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
- 8A re-entry card.
- 9A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.
Etymology
From re- + entry.
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Using “re-entry”
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- The one correct English spelling is R-E---E-N-T-R-Y — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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