replicant
"replicant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“replicant” is uncommon English (frequency #77,141 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,141
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - replicative
Corpus desk
Index EN-replicant · replicant · English
replicant · rank #77,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,141
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH REPL
Nearest frequency peer: REPL (-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 “replicant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Renny
Renny
22,863 corpus weight
- reorient
reorient
22,862 corpus weight
- REPL
REPL
22,861 corpus weight
- replicant
replicant
22,860 corpus weight
- retractor
retractor
22,857 corpus weight
- revivalist
revivalist
22,856 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “replicant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | replicant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “replicant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
replicant is uncommon English at frequency #77,141 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "replicative".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for replicant, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner. The correct English form is replicant, spelled R-E-P-L-I-C-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1replicative
Etymology
From Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).