reassign
"reassign" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reassign” is uncommon English (frequency #66,972 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,972
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To assign again or anew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reassign · reassign · English
reassign · rank #66,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,972
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reallocation
Nearest frequency peer: reallocation (-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 “reassign”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- raper
raper
33,034 corpus weight
- rater
rater
33,033 corpus weight
- reallocation
reallocation
33,030 corpus weight
- reassign
reassign
33,029 corpus weight
- reductionist
reductionist
33,025 corpus weight
- reevaluation
reevaluation
33,024 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reassign” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reassign |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reassign” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reassign is uncommon English at frequency #66,972 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for reassign in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + assign. The correct English form is reassign, spelled R-E-A-S-S-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1To assign again or anew.
- 2To transfer back what was previously assigned.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reassign appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The offending employees were reassigned after the incident.
Two months later, it was reassigned to Toton, and was named RAIL Magazine at Cardiff Canton open day on April 10 2000.
Etymology
From re- + assign.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).