reforestation
"reforestation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reforestation” is uncommon English (frequency #53,203 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,203
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reforestation · reforestation · English
reforestation · rank #53,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,203
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reconfigurati…
Nearest frequency peer: reconfiguration (-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 “reforestation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rasta
rasta
46,803 corpus weight
- rdf
rdf
46,800 corpus weight
- reconfigura…
reconfiguration
46,799 corpus weight
- reforestati…
reforestation
46,798 corpus weight
- refunding
refunding
46,797 corpus weight
- regretfully
regretfully
46,796 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reforestation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reforestation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reforestation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reforestation is uncommon English at frequency #53,203 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.".
reforestation has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From reforest + -ation. The correct English form is reforestation, spelled R-E-F-O-R-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.
Etymology
From reforest + -ation.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).