recounting

noun

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"recounting" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“recounting” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,196. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,196
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act in which something is recounted

Corpus desk

Index EN-recounting · recounting · English

recounting · rank #30,196 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,196
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH recombination

Nearest frequency peer: recombination (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “recounting”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “recounting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

recounting vs resounding
80% similar
recounting vs rebounding
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for recounting
PropertyValue
Headwordrecounting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,196
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “recounting”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).recountinglands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “recombination” (#30,195), “recognisable” (#30,194), “rejoicing” (#30,198). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “recounting” is #30,196. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around recounting, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,196 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An act in which something is recounted".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for recounting, with forms such as "ercounting", "rceounting", and "reccounting". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "resounding", "rebounding", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is recounting, spelled R-E-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act in which something is recounted

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how recounting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Months after his first mention of the book he was still obsessing, daily it seemed, about minutiae of the Chambers-Alger Hiss espionage confrontation, while his sidekicks histrionically greeted his recountings with a chorus of groans and protests of the “not-again” variety.

Synonyms

recountal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercounting
  • rceounting
  • reccounting
  • reconuting
  • recounitng
  • recounnting
  • recountign
  • recountingg
  • recountinng
  • recountnig
  • recountting
  • recoutning
  • recuonting
  • reocunting
  • rrecounting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recounting - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ercounting2rceounting2reccounting1reconuting2recounitng2recounnting1recountign2recountingg1
Edit distance from "recounting"

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 "recounting"?
"recounting" is spelled R-E-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G.
What does "recounting" mean?
As a noun, "recounting" means: An act in which something is recounted
What words are commonly confused with "recounting"?
"recounting" is commonly confused with "resounding", "rebounding". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "recounting" come from?
"recounting" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list