rehabilitative
"rehabilitative" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rehabilitative” is uncommon English (frequency #59,664 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,664
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tending to rehabilitate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rehabilitative · rehabilitative · English
rehabilitative · rank #59,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,664
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reeder
Nearest frequency peer: reeder (-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 “rehabilitative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ratna
Ratna
40,342 corpus weight
- Rayne
Rayne
40,341 corpus weight
- reeder
reeder
40,338 corpus weight
- rehabilitat…
rehabilitative
40,337 corpus weight
- reignite
reignite
40,336 corpus weight
- repatriate
repatriate
40,333 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rehabilitative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rehabilitative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #59,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rehabilitative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rehabilitative is uncommon English at frequency #59,664 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rehabilitative in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rehabilitate + -ive. The correct English form is rehabilitative, spelled R-E-H-A-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Tending to rehabilitate.
- 2For the purpose of rehabilitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rehabilitative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The broken windows theory by no means advocates the more rehabilitative or psychotherapeutic remedies that characterize certain of the institutions described in Discipline and Punish.
Etymology
From rehabilitate + -ive.
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 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).