repatriate
/ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
"repatriate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“repatriate” is uncommon English (frequency #59,668 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,668
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
Corpus desk
Index EN-repatriate · repatriate · English
repatriate · rank #59,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,668
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH respawn
Nearest frequency peer: respawn (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “repatriate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reeder
reeder
40,338 corpus weight
- rehabilitat…
rehabilitative
40,337 corpus weight
- reignite
reignite
40,336 corpus weight
- repatriate
repatriate
40,333 corpus weight
- respawn
respawn
40,332 corpus weight
- reticle
reticle
40,331 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “repatriate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repatriate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “repatriate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
repatriate is uncommon English at frequency #59,668 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.".
repatriate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”). The correct English form is repatriate, spelled R-E-P-A-T-R-I-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).
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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