republication
"republication" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“republication” is uncommon English (frequency #75,356 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,356
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of publishing again.
Corpus desk
Index EN-republication · republication · English
republication · rank #75,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,356
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reprobate
Nearest frequency peer: reprobate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “republication”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- repairer
repairer
24,649 corpus weight
- reperfusion
reperfusion
24,647 corpus weight
- reprobate
reprobate
24,646 corpus weight
- republicati…
republication
24,645 corpus weight
- restating
restating
24,643 corpus weight
- retching
retching
24,642 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “republication” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | republication |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #75,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “republication” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
republication is uncommon English at frequency #75,356 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for republication, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + publication. The correct English form is republication, spelled R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of publishing again.
- 2A reprint or republished edition of a book, a will, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how republication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His republication of the old story restarted a furor that had quieted with time.
Pressman said that Ingraham’s segment “sparked a torrent of republications and copycat false charges” and was amplified by Trump on Twitter.
Etymology
From re- + publication.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.