reacquire
"reacquire" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reacquire” is uncommon English (frequency #98,631 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,631
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To acquire again.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reacquire · reacquire · English
reacquire · rank #98,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,631
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reasoner
Nearest frequency peer: reasoner (+2 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “reacquire”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ranker
ranker
1,375 corpus weight
- Ranson
Ranson
1,374 corpus weight
- Rarotonga
Rarotonga
1,373 corpus weight
- reacquire
reacquire
1,370 corpus weight
- reasoner
reasoner
1,368 corpus weight
- reburial
reburial
1,366 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “reacquire” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reacquire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reacquire” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reacquire is uncommon English at frequency #98,631 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To acquire again.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for reacquire, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + acquire. The correct English form is reacquire, spelled R-E-A-C-Q-U-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1To acquire again.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reacquire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This country, for example, has retained hold of the Pacific islands, established its dominance in Japan, occupied southern Korea, and maintained an important force of Marines in China. At the same time Russia has been incorporating the Kuriles and southern Sakhalin, re-acquiring rights it once possessed in Manchuria, and occupying north Korea.
Etymology
From re- + acquire.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.