redrew
/ˌɹiːˈdɹuː/
"redrew" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redrew” is uncommon English (frequency #94,179 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,179
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of redraw
Corpus desk
Index EN-redrew · redrew · English
redrew · rank #94,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,179
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH redwing
Nearest frequency peer: redwing (+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 “redrew”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rebook
rebook
5,827 corpus weight
- reddening
reddening
5,826 corpus weight
- redrew
redrew
5,822 corpus weight
- redwing
redwing
5,820 corpus weight
- remapping
remapping
5,817 corpus weight
- rencontre
rencontre
5,816 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “redrew” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redrew |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌɹiːˈdɹuː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “redrew” in English
Rare enough to double-check
redrew is uncommon English at frequency #94,179 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌɹiːˈdɹuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past of redraw".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for redrew, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is redrew, spelled R-E-D-R-E-W.
Definition
- 1simple past of redraw
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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