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reopening

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "reopening", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "reopening" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "reopening" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

reopening is aEnglishnoun. It means: the act of opening something again

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Key facts for reopening
PropertyValue
Headwordreopening
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,337
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of reopening in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for reopening is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #21,337 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "the act of opening something again".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for reopening, with forms such as "eropening", "reoepning", and "reopeinng". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is reopening, spelled R-E-O-P-E-N-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    the act of opening something again

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eropening,reoepning,reopeinng,reopenign,reopeningg,reopeninng,reopennig,reopenning,reopneing,reoppening,repoening,roepening,rreopening

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reopening

Misspelling Variants of "reopening"

eropening9reoepning9reopeinng9reopenign9reopeningg10reopeninng10reopennig9reopenning10
Misspelling Variants of "reopening"

Frequency rank: #21,337 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reopening"?
"reopening" is spelled R-E-O-P-E-N-I-N-G.
What does "reopening" mean?
As a noun, "reopening" means: the act of opening something again
What are common misspellings of "reopening"?
Common misspellings include "eropening", "reoepning", "reopeinng", "reopenign", "reopeningg". The correct spelling is "reopening".
What language does "reopening" come from?
"reopening" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.