reassert
"reassert" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reassert” is uncommon English (frequency #52,586 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,586
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - assert again
Corpus desk
Index EN-reassert · reassert · English
reassert · rank #52,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,586
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reactivation
Nearest frequency peer: reactivation (-2 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 “reassert”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ratner
Ratner
47,418 corpus weight
- reactivation
reactivation
47,417 corpus weight
- reassert
reassert
47,415 corpus weight
- recline
recline
47,413 corpus weight
- rectifier
rectifier
47,412 corpus weight
- rediscovery
rediscovery
47,410 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reassert” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reassert |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reassert” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reassert is uncommon English at frequency #52,586 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "assert again".
reassert doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + assert. The correct English form is reassert, spelled R-E-A-S-S-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1assert again
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reassert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda.
They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status.
Etymology
From re- + assert.
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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