reawaken
"reawaken" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reawaken” is uncommon English (frequency #97,480 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,480
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To wake after an extended period of sleep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reawaken · reawaken · English
reawaken · rank #97,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,480
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rateable
Nearest frequency peer: rateable (-3 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 “reawaken”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Rabbani
Rabbani
2,528 corpus weight
- radiograph
radiograph
2,527 corpus weight
- rateable
rateable
2,524 corpus weight
- reawaken
reawaken
2,521 corpus weight
- redraft
redraft
2,517 corpus weight
- relight
relight
2,512 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reawaken” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reawaken |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reawaken” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reawaken is uncommon English at frequency #97,480 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 reawaken in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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- + awaken. The correct English form is reawaken, spelled R-E-A-W-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1To wake after an extended period of sleep.
- 2To reactivate or reanimate.
Etymology
From re- + awaken.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).