redescend
"redescend" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redescend” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To descend again (often following an ascent)
Corpus desk
Index EN-redescend · redescend · English
redescend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redescend |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “redescend” in English
Rare enough to double-check
redescend is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To descend again (often following an ascent)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for redescend, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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- + descend. The correct English form is redescend, spelled R-E-D-E-S-C-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1To descend again (often following an ascent)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how redescend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1650, James Howell, Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, London: Humphrey Mosely, Letter 53, “A Hymne to the Blessed Trinity,” p. 67, To thee sweet Spirit I return That love wherwith my heart doth burn, And these bless’d notions of my brain I now breath up to thee again, O let them redescend, and still My soul with holy raptures fill.
[…] these vapours rise […] [and] are expanded in the rarefied air before they redescend in the form of clouds and drizzling rain;
Etymology
From re- + descend.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.