reopening

noun

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

The verdict

“reopening” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,337
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the act of opening something again

Corpus desk

Index EN-reopening · reopening · English

reopening · rank #21,337 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,337
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH renewing

Nearest frequency peer: renewing (-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 “reopening”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “reopening” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reopening
PropertyValue
Headwordreopening
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,337
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “reopening”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).reopeninglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “renewing” (#21,336), “requisite” (#21,338), “relive” (#21,335). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “reopening” is #21,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around reopening, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,337 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "the act of opening something again".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for reopening, with forms such as "eropening", "reoepning", and "reopeinng". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is reopening, spelled R-E-O-P-E-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    the act of opening something again

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how reopening appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Grove: After many years of unproductive discussion, the reopening of the London-Bristol line station to serve the nearby town of Wantage is back on the agenda.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eropening
  • reoepning
  • reopeinng
  • reopenign
  • reopeningg
  • reopeninng
  • reopennig
  • reopenning
  • reopneing
  • reoppening
  • repoening
  • roepening
  • rreopening

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reopening - 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.

eropening2reoepning2reopeinng2reopenign2reopeningg1reopeninng1reopennig2reopenning1
Edit distance from "reopening"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reopening", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list