reopen
/ɹiːˈəʊpən/
"reopen" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reopen” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,786
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To open (something) again.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reopen · reopen · English
reopen · rank #16,786 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,786
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH replication
Nearest frequency peer: replication (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “reopen”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- redesign
redesign
83,219 corpus weight
- reluctance
reluctance
83,217 corpus weight
- reopen
reopen
83,215 corpus weight
- replication
replication
83,214 corpus weight
- rigging
rigging
83,213 corpus weight
- rotor
rotor
83,212 corpus weight
What this shows “reopen” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reopen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈəʊpən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “reopen”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around reopen (IPA /ɹiːˈəʊpən/), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,786 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for reopen, with forms such as "eropen", "reoepn", and "reopenn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "rope", "ropes", "rosen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + open. The correct English form is reopen, spelled R-E-O-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1To open (something) again.
- 2To open again.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reopen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.
The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been conspicuously absent from national television interviews over the last two weeks, as the White House moves ahead with reopening the economy.
Etymology
From re- + open.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eropen
- reoepn
- reopenn
- reopne
- reoppen
- repoen
- roepen
- rreopen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reopen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reopen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).