anew
/əˈnu/adverb
anew is spelled A-N-E-W: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, anew means “Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anew?
| Letters | 4: A-N-E-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is anew?
Anew appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce anew?
- US /əˈnu/
- UK /əˈnjuː/
Anew has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-anew.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anew?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as anew from its last stressed vowel (/u/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wane, wean.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does anew mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.
Each morning, opportunity–like the sun–dawns anew.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anew in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense again:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | à nouveau, derechef |
| German | erneut, abermals, neuerlich |
| Portuguese | de novo, novamente |
| Spanish | de nuevo, nuevamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anew come from?
From Middle English onew, of newe, from Old English of niowe. By surface analysis, a- (“of, from”) + new.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).