repossess
"repossess" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“repossess” is uncommon English (frequency #74,446 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,446
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
Corpus desk
Index EN-repossess · repossess · English
repossess · rank #74,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,446
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH repetitively
Nearest frequency peer: repetitively (-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 “repossess”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rawness
rawness
25,564 corpus weight
- recommit
recommit
25,561 corpus weight
- repetitively
repetitively
25,556 corpus weight
- repossess
repossess
25,555 corpus weight
- rescission
rescission
25,554 corpus weight
- retooling
retooling
25,550 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “repossess” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repossess |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “repossess” in English
Rare enough to double-check
repossess is uncommon English at frequency #74,446 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for repossess, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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- + possess. The correct English form is repossess, spelled R-E-P-O-S-S-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
- 2To gain back possession of.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how repossess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to repossess oneself of something lost
Etymology
From re- + possess.
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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