reanalysis
noun
reanalysis is a noun meaning “A second or subsequent analysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-A-N-A-L-Y-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 8 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of reanalysis is reanalyses.
What does reanalysis mean?
noun
- 1
A second or subsequent analysis.
- 2
Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reanalysis
- reanalyses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reanalysis?
Reanalysis appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does reanalysis come from?
From re- + analysis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).