recommence
"recommence" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recommence” is uncommon English (frequency #88,767 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,767
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To begin again.
Corpus desk
Index EN-recommence · recommence · English
recommence · rank #88,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,767
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recertificati…
Nearest frequency peer: recertification (-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 “recommence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reassembly
reassembly
11,237 corpus weight
- recertifica…
recertification
11,235 corpus weight
- recommence
recommence
11,234 corpus weight
- reconquest
reconquest
11,232 corpus weight
- reet
reet
11,230 corpus weight
- remount
remount
11,226 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “recommence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recommence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “recommence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
recommence is uncommon English at frequency #88,767 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To begin again.".
recommence has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French recommencer, from Old French recommencier. The correct English form is recommence, spelled R-E-C-O-M-M-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1To begin again.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recommence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs.
[...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.
Etymology
From Middle French recommencer, from Old French recommencier.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).