recombination
"recombination" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recombination” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,195
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Combination a second or subsequent time.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recombination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #30,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “recombination” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around recombination, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,195 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for recombination, with forms such as "ercombination", "rceombination", and "reccombination". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + combination. The correct English form is recombination, spelled R-E-C-O-M-B-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Combination a second or subsequent time.
- 2The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.
- 3The reverse of dissociation.
- 4The process by which the plasma of electrons and protons produced after the Big Bang condensed into hydrogen, or the epoch in which this process occurred.
Etymology
From re- + combination.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercombination
- rceombination
- reccombination
- recmobination
- recobmination
- recombbination
- recombiantion
- recombinaiton
- recombinasion
- recombinatino
- recombinationn
- recombinatoin
- recombinattion
- recombinnation
- recombintaion
- recombniation
- recomibnation
- recommbination
- reocmbination
- rrecombination
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recombination - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “recombination”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-C-O-M-B-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.