recheck
"recheck" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recheck” is uncommon English (frequency #61,755 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,755
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To check again.
Corpus desk
Index EN-recheck · recheck · English
recheck · rank #61,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,755
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recasting
Nearest frequency peer: recasting (-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 “recheck”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- RDX
RDX
38,250 corpus weight
- Reay
Reay
38,249 corpus weight
- recasting
recasting
38,247 corpus weight
- recheck
recheck
38,246 corpus weight
- reconstitute
reconstitute
38,245 corpus weight
- reconstitut…
reconstitution
38,244 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “recheck” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recheck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “recheck” in English
Rare enough to double-check
recheck is uncommon English at frequency #61,755 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To check again.".
recheck has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + check. The correct English form is recheck, spelled R-E-C-H-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1To check again.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recheck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The second strategy consists of continuously rechecking for pending softirqs.
I have now carefully rechecked most of the sources about Rashi supposedly dictating a responsum to his daughter, and I can state definitively that the tradition mentioned in your question is based on a scribal error.
Etymology
From re- + check.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).