recode
"recode" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recode” is uncommon English (frequency #81,752 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,752
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To code again or differently.
Corpus desk
Index EN-recode · recode · English
recode · rank #81,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,752
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reck
Nearest frequency peer: reck (-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 “recode”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reck
reck
18,250 corpus weight
- recode
recode
18,249 corpus weight
- recut
recut
18,247 corpus weight
- reddened
reddened
18,246 corpus weight
- Reddington
Reddington
18,245 corpus weight
- reflexology
reflexology
18,244 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “recode” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recode |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “recode” in English
Rare enough to double-check
recode is uncommon English at frequency #81,752 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recode, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + code. The correct English form is recode, spelled R-E-C-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1To code again or differently.
- 2To code again or differently.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how recode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The program below, taken from Example 8.7, is recoded with several errors that are flaggable by the assembler.
Etymology
From re- + code.
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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