Re-design or redesign?
re-design is a verb meaning “Alternative form of redesign”; redesign is a verb meaning “To lay out or plan a new version of something previously laid out or planned”. re-design is written with a hyphen and redesign as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between re-design and redesign?
| re-design | redesign | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Alternative form of redesign | A plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system so as to better serve the purpose of the original design, or to… To lay out or plan a new version of something previously laid out or planned |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | re-designs, re-designing, re-designed | redesigns, redesigning, redesigned |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˌɹiː.dɪˈzaɪn/ /ˌɹi.dɪˈzaɪn/ /ˌɹiː.dɪˈzɑen/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 2.6 times per million words |
Sources: re-design and redesign in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of re-design and redesign
re-design
- 1
Alternative form of redesign
redesign
- 1
A plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system so as to better serve the purpose of the original design, or to serve purposes different from those set…
- 2
To lay out or plan a new version of something previously laid out or planned
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, re-design or redesign?
re-design is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; redesign 2.6 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search re-design vs redesign?
“re-design vs redesign” is searched about 10 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.