repossession

noun

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"repossession" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“repossession” is uncommon English (frequency #60,417 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,417
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being repossessed.

Corpus desk

Index EN-repossession · repossession · English

repossession · rank #60,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,417
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rehnquist

Nearest frequency peer: Rehnquist (-3 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 “repossession”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “repossession” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for repossession
PropertyValue
Headwordrepossession
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,417
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “repossession” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).repossessionfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Rehnquist” (#60,414), “RFK” (#60,421), “regionalism” (#60,412). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “repossession” is #60,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

repossession is uncommon English at frequency #60,417 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

repossession has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + possession. The correct English form is repossession, spelled R-E-P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The condition of being repossessed.
  2. 2
    The act of repossessing.

Etymology

From re- + possession.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "repossession"?
"repossession" is spelled R-E-P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-O-N.
What does "repossession" mean?
As a noun, "repossession" means: The condition of being repossessed.
What is the origin of the word "repossession"?
From re- + possession. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "repossession", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list