rebuilding

noun

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"rebuilding" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“rebuilding” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,095
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of building something again.

Corpus desk

Index EN-rebuilding · rebuilding · English

rebuilding · rank #11,095 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,095
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH proudly

Nearest frequency peer: proudly (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “rebuilding”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “rebuilding” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rebuilding
PropertyValue
Headwordrebuilding
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,095
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rebuilding”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).rebuildinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “proudly” (#11,094), “recorder” (#11,096), “prophecy” (#11,093). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “rebuilding” is #11,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around rebuilding, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,095 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of building something again.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for rebuilding, with forms such as "erbuilding", "rbeuilding", and "rebbuilding". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is rebuilding, spelled R-E-B-U-I-L-D-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of building something again.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rebuilding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The complete 1892 rebuilding, indeed, followed an accident in 1890, when No. 6 ran away down the Buckley branch, and got badly smashed up in a collision at Connah's Quay.
  2. These have certainly witnessed many events of interest, chief among them, undoubtedly, being the rebuilding of the Bulleid Pacifics.

This word in other languages

réédification(Français)Wiederaufbau(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erbuilding
  • rbeuilding
  • rebbuilding
  • rebiulding
  • rebuidling
  • rebuildding
  • rebuildign
  • rebuildingg
  • rebuildinng
  • rebuildnig
  • rebuilidng
  • rebuillding
  • rebuliding
  • reubilding
  • rrebuilding

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rebuilding - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erbuilding2rbeuilding2rebbuilding1rebiulding2rebuidling2rebuildding1rebuildign2rebuildingg1
Edit distance from "rebuilding"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rebuilding"?
"rebuilding" is spelled R-E-B-U-I-L-D-I-N-G.
What does "rebuilding" mean?
As a noun, "rebuilding" means: The act of building something again.
What are common misspellings of "rebuilding"?
Common misspellings include "erbuilding", "rbeuilding", "rebbuilding", "rebiulding", "rebuidling". The correct spelling is "rebuilding".
What language does "rebuilding" come from?
"rebuilding" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rebuilding", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

relaxation#11,098preferably#11,090respectful#11,101pedestrian#11,085

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

magistrate15 variantslinguistic15 variantslimitation15 variantsimpressions15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list