reaffirmation
"reaffirmation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reaffirmation” is uncommon English (frequency #78,989 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,989
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of reaffirming; a second or subsequent affirmation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reaffirmation · reaffirmation · English
reaffirmation · rank #78,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,989
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ravenhill
Nearest frequency peer: Ravenhill (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “reaffirmation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ranga
ranga
21,017 corpus weight
- ransacking
ransacking
21,016 corpus weight
- Ravenhill
Ravenhill
21,013 corpus weight
- reaffirmati…
reaffirmation
21,012 corpus weight
- reawakening
reawakening
21,010 corpus weight
- recalculate
recalculate
21,009 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reaffirmation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reaffirmation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #78,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reaffirmation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reaffirmation is uncommon English at frequency #78,989 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An act of reaffirming; a second or subsequent affirmation.".
No misspelling variants are generated for reaffirmation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, re- + affirmation, or, by surface analysis, reaffirm + -ation. The correct English form is reaffirmation, spelled R-E-A-F-F-I-R-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An act of reaffirming; a second or subsequent affirmation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reaffirmation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We mark solstices and equinoxes by festivals rooted in myths. It doesn't matter which myths. What matters is that certain days are elevated out of the ordinary for special commemoration, celebration, participation, and the reaffirmation of our pledges of affection and devotion to ourselves, our friends, our families and our best beloved.
Etymology
By surface analysis, re- + affirmation, or, by surface analysis, reaffirm + -ation.
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).