reassure
/ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/verb
reassure is spelled R-E-A-S-S-U-R-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, reassure means “To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in reassure?
| Letters | 8: R-E-A-S-S-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 reassure?
Reassure appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 reassure?
- UK /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/
- US /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/
- US /ˌɹi.əˈʃɝ/
Reassure has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reassure.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with reassure
Also written: re-assure (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with reassure?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as reassure from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹ/):
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).
Forms of reassure
- reassures present, singular, he/she/it
- reassuring participle, present
- reassured participle, past
- re-assure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reassure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.
- 2
To reinsure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reassure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tranquilliser, rassurer , réassurer |
| German | versichern, beruhigen, zusichern |
| Portuguese | tranquilizar, acalmar, reassegurar |
| Spanish | tranquilizar , reasegurar |
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 reassure come from?
From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- + assure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).