rebroadcast
"rebroadcast" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rebroadcast” is uncommon English (frequency #65,449 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,449
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rebroadcast · rebroadcast · English
rebroadcast · rank #65,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,449
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rebounder
Nearest frequency peer: rebounder (-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 “rebroadcast”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reappraisal
reappraisal
34,555 corpus weight
- reattach
reattach
34,554 corpus weight
- rebounder
rebounder
34,553 corpus weight
- rebroadcast
rebroadcast
34,552 corpus weight
- rede
rede
34,549 corpus weight
- reducer
reducer
34,548 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rebroadcast” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rebroadcast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rebroadcast” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rebroadcast is uncommon English at frequency #65,449 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Retransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast.".
rebroadcast has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + broadcast. The correct English form is rebroadcast, spelled R-E-B-R-O-A-D-C-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Retransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rebroadcast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.
Etymology
From re- + broadcast.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).