rear up
"rear-up" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rear up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rear up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rear up” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rear up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rear up in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rear + up. The correct English form is rear up, spelled R-E-A-R- -U-P.
Definition
- 1To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.
Etymology
From rear + up.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rear up”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-A-R- -U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.