republish
/ɹiˈpʌb.lɪʃ/
"republish" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“republish” is uncommon English (frequency #81,763 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,763
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-republish · republish · English
republish · rank #81,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,763
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reticular
Nearest frequency peer: reticular (+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 “republish”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Reddington
Reddington
18,245 corpus weight
- reflexology
reflexology
18,244 corpus weight
- republish
republish
18,238 corpus weight
- reticular
reticular
18,236 corpus weight
- Rhenish
Rhenish
18,234 corpus weight
- Rion
Rion
18,232 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “republish” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | republish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiˈpʌb.lɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “republish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
republish is uncommon English at frequency #81,763 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹiˈpʌb.lɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.".
Zero misspellings are on record for republish in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 re- + publish. The correct English form is republish, spelled R-E-P-U-B-L-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how republish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To remove a custom thumbnail and use the Aquafadas DPS automatically generated thumbnail of the article, click the Delete button and republish or repreview the article or project.
There may be no taboo greater in Germany than to republish Adolf Hitler's manifesto, "Mein Kampf." But historians in Munich are breaking it.
Etymology
From re- + publish.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).