reprimand
/ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/
"reprimand" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reprimand” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,000
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reprimand · reprimand · English
reprimand · rank #33,000 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,000
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH renaming
Nearest frequency peer: renaming (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “reprimand”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- recursive
recursive
67,004 corpus weight
- reevaluate
reevaluate
67,003 corpus weight
- renaming
renaming
67,002 corpus weight
- reprimand
reprimand
67,001 corpus weight
- rerun
rerun
67,000 corpus weight
- riddance
riddance
66,998 corpus weight
What this shows “reprimand” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reprimand |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “reprimand”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around reprimand (IPA /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,000 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for reprimand, with forms such as "erprimand", "repirmand", and "repprimand". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”). The correct English form is reprimand, spelled R-E-P-R-I-M-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reprimand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
Etymology
From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erprimand
- repirmand
- repprimand
- repriamnd
- reprimadn
- reprimandd
- reprimannd
- reprimmand
- reprimnad
- reprmiand
- reprrimand
- rerpimand
- rperimand
- rreprimand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reprimand - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reprimand", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).