renaissance
/ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/
"renaissance" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“renaissance” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,717
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rebirth or revival.
Corpus desk
Index EN-renaissance · renaissance · English
renaissance · rank #8,717 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,717
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH regulate
Nearest frequency peer: regulate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “renaissance”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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91,285 corpus weight
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91,284 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “renaissance” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | renaissance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “renaissance” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around renaissance (IPA /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,717 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for renaissance, with forms such as "ernaissance", "reanissance", and "renaisance". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French renaissance. The correct English form is renaissance, spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A rebirth or revival.
- 2Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how renaissance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domai…
The news of her death is shocking, in part, because she was in the midst of a late-career renaissance. It seemed possible that we would see her continue to play some of these characters, not to mention a raft of new ones, for another generation.
Etymology
From French renaissance.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ernaissance
- reanissance
- renaisance
- renaisasnce
- renaissacne
- renaissancce
- renaissanec
- renaissannce
- renaissence
- renaissnace
- renasisance
- reniassance
- rennaissance
- rneaissance
- rrenaissance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renaissance - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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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.