repatriate
/ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
"repatriate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“repatriate” is uncommon English (frequency #59,668 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,668
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
| 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) |
Where “repatriate” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
repatriate is uncommon English at frequency #59,668 among 21,470 “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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Using “repatriate”
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- The one correct English spelling is R-E-P-A-T-R-I-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.