repentant
/ɹəˈpɛntənt/
"repentant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“repentant” is uncommon English (frequency #53,811 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,811
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-repentant · repentant · English
repentant · rank #53,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,811
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rending
Nearest frequency peer: rending (-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 “repentant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reiter
reiter
46,193 corpus weight
- rending
rending
46,191 corpus weight
- repentant
repentant
46,190 corpus weight
- reportable
reportable
46,189 corpus weight
- reprogram
reprogram
46,188 corpus weight
- rescheduling
rescheduling
46,187 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “repentant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repentant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹəˈpɛntənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “repentant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
repentant is uncommon English at frequency #53,811 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹəˈpɛntənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.".
No misspelling variants are generated for repentant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French repentant, present participle of repentir. The correct English form is repentant, spelled R-E-P-E-N-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how repentant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I cannot believe that God wants us to kill no matter if this man is a sinner. God’s greatest commandment is one of love, not hate and revenge. I believe that this man is repentant for his wrongdoings. He has asked for forgiveness.
Etymology
From Old French repentant, present participle of repentir.
This word in other languages
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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