reciprocation
"reciprocation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reciprocation” is uncommon English (frequency #71,046 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,046
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning
Corpus desk
Index EN-reciprocation · reciprocation · English
reciprocation · rank #71,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,046
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rearmament
Nearest frequency peer: rearmament (-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 “reciprocation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- RDR
RDR
28,958 corpus weight
- realpolitik
realpolitik
28,957 corpus weight
- rearmament
rearmament
28,956 corpus weight
- reciprocati…
reciprocation
28,955 corpus weight
- Redbridge
Redbridge
28,954 corpus weight
- reducible
reducible
28,953 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reciprocation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reciprocation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #71,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reciprocation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reciprocation is uncommon English at frequency #71,046 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
reciprocation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From reciprocate + -ion. The correct English form is reciprocation, spelled R-E-C-I-P-R-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning
- 2Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reciprocation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the reciprocation of kindness
... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times.
Etymology
From reciprocate + -ion.
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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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).