reentering

adj

"reentering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“reentering” is uncommon English (frequency #84,669 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,669
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of reentrant (“pointing inward”).

Corpus desk

Index EN-reentering · reentering · English

reentering · rank #84,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,669
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH reductionism

Nearest frequency peer: reductionism (-1 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 “reentering”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reentering
PropertyValue
Headwordreentering
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “reentering” 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).reenteringfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “reductionism” (#84,668), “reestablishment” (#84,670), “redlining” (#84,667). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “reentering” is #84,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reentering is uncommon English at frequency #84,669 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of reentrant (“pointing inward”).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for reentering in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is reentering, spelled R-E-E-N-T-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of reentrant (“pointing inward”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. a polygon with a reentering angle

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 "reentering"?
"reentering" is spelled R-E-E-N-T-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "reentering" mean?
As an adjective, "reentering" means: Synonym of reentrant (“pointing inward”).
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list