repopulate
"repopulate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“repopulate” is uncommon English (frequency #66,986 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,986
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-repopulate · repopulate · English
repopulate · rank #66,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,986
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH renderer
Nearest frequency peer: renderer (-1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “repopulate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reined
reined
33,020 corpus weight
- rekindling
rekindling
33,018 corpus weight
- reliquary
reliquary
33,017 corpus weight
- renderer
renderer
33,016 corpus weight
- repopulate
repopulate
33,015 corpus weight
- resourcing
resourcing
33,011 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “repopulate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repopulate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “repopulate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
repopulate is uncommon English at frequency #66,986 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for repopulate in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + populate. The correct English form is repopulate, spelled R-E-P-O-P-U-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
- 2To reintroduce a species into (an area).
- 3To fill with data again; to refresh.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how repopulate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to repopulate a grid
Etymology
From re- + populate.
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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