reproof
/ɹɪˈpɹuːf/
"reproof" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reproof” is uncommon English (frequency #97,492 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,492
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reproof · reproof · English
reproof · rank #97,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,492
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH revile
Nearest frequency peer: revile (+2 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 “reproof”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- redraft
redraft
2,517 corpus weight
- relight
relight
2,512 corpus weight
- reproof
reproof
2,509 corpus weight
- revile
revile
2,507 corpus weight
- Rogge
Rogge
2,500 corpus weight
- rollup
rollup
2,499 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reproof” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reproof |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈpɹuːf/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reproof” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reproof is uncommon English at frequency #97,492 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹɪˈpɹuːf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.".
Zero misspellings are on record for reproof in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove. The correct English form is reproof, spelled R-E-P-R-O-O-F.
Definition
- 1An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reproof appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.
On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!
Etymology
From Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove.
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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