reoccurrence

noun

"reoccurrence" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something that takes place again.

Corpus desk

Index EN-reoccurrence · reoccurrence · English

reoccurrence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for reoccurrence
PropertyValue
Headwordreoccurrence
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “reoccurrence” in English

reoccurrenceranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

reoccurrence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Something that takes place again.".

reoccurrence has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + occurrence. The correct English form is reoccurrence, spelled R-E-O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something that takes place again.

Etymology

From re- + occurrence.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "reoccurrence"?
"reoccurrence" is spelled R-E-O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E.
What does "reoccurrence" mean?
As a noun, "reoccurrence" means: Something that takes place again.
What is the origin of the word "reoccurrence"?
From re- + occurrence. 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