redecorate
"redecorate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redecorate” is uncommon English (frequency #63,187 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,187
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-redecorate · redecorate · English
redecorate · rank #63,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,187
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recalibrate
Nearest frequency peer: recalibrate (-2 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 “redecorate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rearward
rearward
36,818 corpus weight
- rebbe
rebbe
36,817 corpus weight
- recalibrate
recalibrate
36,816 corpus weight
- redecorate
redecorate
36,814 corpus weight
- redeploy
redeploy
36,812 corpus weight
- redheaded
redheaded
36,811 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “redecorate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redecorate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “redecorate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
redecorate is uncommon English at frequency #63,187 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
redecorate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + decorate. The correct English form is redecorate, spelled R-E-D-E-C-O-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.
- 2To refurbish.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how redecorate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yeah, she said you had been helping her redecorate, that you had been to Parke Bernet, picking out a bureau.
Etymology
From re- + decorate.
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).