# reelection

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #19,185

## Definitions
1. Act of electing to office one previously elected to and serving in office.
2. The fact of being reelected.

## Etymology
From re- + election.

## Easily confused with
- **rejection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reelection-vs-rejection)
- **resection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reelection-vs-resection)
- **reflection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reelection-vs-reflection)
- **reflections** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reelection-vs-reflections)

## Common misspellings (15)
`erelection`, `reeelction`, `reelcetion`, `reelecction`, `reeleciton`, `reelecsion`, `reelectino`, `reelectionn`, `reelectoin`, `reelecttion`, `reeletcion`, `reellection`, `relection`, `releection`, `rreelection`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reelection