recommit

verb

"recommit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“recommit” is uncommon English (frequency #74,440 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,440
frequency rank, English
21,470
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To commit again.

Key facts for recommit
PropertyValue
Headwordrecommit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,440
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “recommit” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). recommit lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recommit is uncommon English at frequency #74,440 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To commit again.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for recommit in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + commit. The correct English form is recommit, spelled R-E-C-O-M-M-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To commit again.

Etymology

From re- + commit.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recommit"?
"recommit" is spelled R-E-C-O-M-M-I-T.
What does "recommit" mean?
As a verb, "recommit" means: To commit again.
What is the origin of the word "recommit"?
From re- + commit. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “recommit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is R-E-C-O-M-M-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list