reconfigurable

adj

"reconfigurable" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“reconfigurable” is uncommon English (frequency #83,667 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,667
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That can be reconfigured.

Corpus desk

Index EN-reconfigurable · reconfigurable · English

reconfigurable · rank #83,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,667
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH receptivity

Nearest frequency peer: receptivity (-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 “reconfigurable”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “reconfigurable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reconfigurable
PropertyValue
Headwordreconfigurable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Frequency rank#83,667
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “reconfigurable” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).reconfigurablefalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “receptivity” (#83,666), “recurve” (#83,668), “Redpath” (#83,669). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “reconfigurable” is #83,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reconfigurable is uncommon English at frequency #83,667 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That can be reconfigured.".

reconfigurable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From reconfigure + -able. The correct English form is reconfigurable, spelled R-E-C-O-N-F-I-G-U-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    That can be reconfigured.

Etymology

From reconfigure + -able.

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 "reconfigurable"?
"reconfigurable" is spelled R-E-C-O-N-F-I-G-U-R-A-B-L-E.
What does "reconfigurable" mean?
As an adjective, "reconfigurable" means: That can be reconfigured.
What is the origin of the word "reconfigurable"?
From reconfigure + -able. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reconfigurable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list