reconfiguration
"reconfiguration" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reconfiguration” is uncommon English (frequency #53,202 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,202
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A reconfigured state.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reconfiguration · reconfiguration · English
reconfiguration · rank #53,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,202
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rdf
Nearest frequency peer: rdf (-1 rank slots)
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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 “reconfiguration”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rasta
rasta
46,803 corpus weight
- rdf
rdf
46,800 corpus weight
- reconfigura…
reconfiguration
46,799 corpus weight
- reforestati…
reforestation
46,798 corpus weight
- refunding
refunding
46,797 corpus weight
- regretfully
regretfully
46,796 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reconfiguration” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reconfiguration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #53,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reconfiguration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reconfiguration is uncommon English at frequency #53,202 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
reconfiguration doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + configuration. The correct English form is reconfiguration, spelled R-E-C-O-N-F-I-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A reconfigured state.
- 2The act of reconfiguring.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reconfiguration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This reconfiguration is much faster than the old setting.
Reconfiguration will require a while, but then the new form will make the computer much faster.
Etymology
From re- + configuration.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).