reman
/ɹiːˈmæn/
"reman" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reman” is uncommon English (frequency #93,079 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,079
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - To supply with new personnel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reman · reman · English
reman · rank #93,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,079
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH relaxer
Nearest frequency peer: relaxer (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “reman”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- redact
redact
6,930 corpus weight
- reduplicati…
reduplication
6,928 corpus weight
- reformulate
reformulate
6,926 corpus weight
- relaxer
relaxer
6,924 corpus weight
- reman
reman
6,922 corpus weight
- rhombic
rhombic
6,915 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “reman” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈmæn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reman” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reman is uncommon English at frequency #93,079 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹiːˈmæn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To supply with new personnel.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for reman, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + man. The correct English form is reman, spelled R-E-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1To supply with new personnel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For a short time in the later stages of World War I, one of the 4-6-0s was utilised also on a slow train from Perth to Glasgow, returning with the 1.30 p.m. from Glasgow to Aberdeen, on which it was remanned at Perth; it came back to Perth with the 8 p.m. fish train from Aberdeen.
Etymology
From re- + man.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.