remigration
/ɹiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
"remigration" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“remigration” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Migration again to another place, or back to the place of emigration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-remigration · remigration · English
remigration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remigration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “remigration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
remigration is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Migration again to another place, or back to the place of emigration.".
Zero misspellings are on record for remigration in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 re- + migration. The correct English form is remigration, spelled R-E-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Migration again to another place, or back to the place of emigration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how remigration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
there was a Return of the Jews under Cyrus, which continued in Partial Remigrations for some time after.
While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration.
Etymology
From re- + migration.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.