renitence

noun

"renitence" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“renitence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being renitent; resistance to physical pressure or constraint

Corpus desk

Index EN-renitence · renitence · English

renitence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for renitence
PropertyValue
Headwordrenitence
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “renitence” in English

renitencesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

renitence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being renitent; resistance to physical pressure or constraint".

No generated misspelling entries exist for renitence in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin renitens, present participle of reniteo. First known use: 1701. Compare French rénitence. The correct English form is renitence, spelled R-E-N-I-T-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or quality of being renitent; resistance to physical pressure or constraint

Etymology

From Latin renitens, present participle of reniteo. First known use: 1701. Compare French rénitence.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "renitence"?
"renitence" is spelled R-E-N-I-T-E-N-C-E.
What does "renitence" mean?
As a noun, "renitence" means: The state or quality of being renitent; resistance to physical pressure or constraint
What is the origin of the word "renitence"?
From Latin renitens, present participle of reniteo. First known use: 1701. Compare French rénitence. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list