relight
"relight" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“relight” is uncommon English (frequency #97,489 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,489
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To light or kindle anew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-relight · relight · English
relight · rank #97,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,489
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reproof
Nearest frequency peer: reproof (+3 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 “relight”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rateable
rateable
2,524 corpus weight
- reawaken
reawaken
2,521 corpus weight
- redraft
redraft
2,517 corpus weight
- relight
relight
2,512 corpus weight
- reproof
reproof
2,509 corpus weight
- revile
revile
2,507 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “relight” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | relight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “relight” in English
Rare enough to double-check
relight is uncommon English at frequency #97,489 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for relight in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + light. The correct English form is relight, spelled R-E-L-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1To light or kindle anew.
- 2To light or illuminate anew.
- 3To render again with different simulated lighting conditions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how relight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This act of politeness having in some mysterious way set Mr Limpet's mind at rest, he produced an immense pipe, which he had apparently been smoking prior to the curate's entrance, and relit it, while the curate, seated gingerly on the edge of the rocking chair, surreptitiously inspected the room, which was so close to the roof as to make the December hea…
By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described.
Etymology
From re- + light.
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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