rehabilitation
/ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
"rehabilitation" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rehabilitation” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,274 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,274
- frequency rank, English
- 14
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rehabilitation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #7,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rehabilitation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for rehabilitation is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,274 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for rehabilitation, with forms such as "erhabilitation", "reahbilitation", and "rehabbilitation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio. The correct English form is rehabilitation, spelled R-E-H-A-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
Etymology
From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erhabilitation,reahbilitation,rehabbilitation,rehabiiltation,rehabiliattion,rehabilitaiton,rehabilitasion,rehabilitatino,rehabilitationn,rehabilitatoin,rehabilitattion,rehabilittaion,rehabilittation,rehabillitation,rehabiltiation,rehabliitation,rehaiblitation,rehbailitation,rehhabilitation,rheabilitation,rrehabilitation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rehabilitation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “rehabilitation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-H-A-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.