reëlect
"reelect" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reëlect” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dated spelling of reelect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reelect · reëlect · English
reëlect · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | reëlect |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reëlect” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reëlect is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dated spelling of reelect.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for reëlect in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is reëlect, spelled R-E-Ë-L-E-C-T.
Definition
- 1Dated spelling of reelect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reëlect appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All judges are elected, and there is a strong tendency to reëlect indefinitely.
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.