redraft

verb

"redraft" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“redraft” is uncommon English (frequency #97,484 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,484
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To draft again

Corpus desk

Index EN-redraft · redraft · English

redraft · rank #97,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,484
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH reawaken

Nearest frequency peer: reawaken (-4 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 “redraft”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for redraft
PropertyValue
Headwordredraft
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,484
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “redraft” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).redraftfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “reawaken” (#97,480), “relight” (#97,489), “rateable” (#97,477). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “redraft” is #97,484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

redraft is uncommon English at frequency #97,484 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To draft again".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for redraft, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + draft. The correct English form is redraft, spelled R-E-D-R-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To draft again

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. maybe the metamorphoses are – as in Adaptation – a comment on the screenwriting process, and the way that characters’ identities are revised as the writer drafts and redrafts the script.
  2. The total collapse of franchising that followed forced Williams and Shapps to redraft a number of the recommendations.

Etymology

From re- + draft.

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 "redraft"?
"redraft" is spelled R-E-D-R-A-F-T.
What does "redraft" mean?
As a verb, "redraft" means: To draft again
What is the origin of the word "redraft"?
From re- + draft. 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 "redraft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list