reformulation
"reformulation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reformulation” is uncommon English (frequency #78,999 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,999
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of formulating anew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reformulation · reformulation · English
reformulation · rank #78,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,999
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH redoubtable
Nearest frequency peer: redoubtable (-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 “reformulation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- recalculate
recalculate
21,009 corpus weight
- redoubtable
redoubtable
21,003 corpus weight
- reformulati…
reformulation
21,002 corpus weight
- Reidy
Reidy
21,001 corpus weight
- relict
relict
20,997 corpus weight
- Renaldo
Renaldo
20,996 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reformulation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reformulation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #78,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reformulation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reformulation is uncommon English at frequency #78,999 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for reformulation in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + formulation. The correct English form is reformulation, spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of formulating anew.
- 2A new formulation.
Etymology
From re- + formulation.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).