rebar
/ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/noun, verb
rebar is spelled R-E-B-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rebar means “A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rebar is rebars.
How many letters and syllables are in rebar?
| Letters | 5: R-E-B-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 rebar?
Rebar appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 rebar?
- UK /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/
As a verb (“To bar again”): /ɹiːˈbɑː(ɹ)/.
Rebar 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-rebar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rebar?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rebar (/ibɑ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: barre, arber, barer.
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 rebar
- rebars plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rebarring participle, present
- rebarred participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rebar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.
- 2
A grid-shaped system of such bars.
verb
- 1
To reinforce with bars of this kind.
- 2
To bar again.
After allowing the stranger to enter, she rebarred the door.
- 3
To redistribute the notes of a musical score across the bars, e.g. when changing time signature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rebar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense steel reinforcing bar for concrete:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fer à béton, barre d’armature |
| German | Bewehrungsstab, Betonstahl, Betonstabstahl |
| Portuguese | vergalhão, varão nervurado |
| Spanish | hierro varilla, hierro cabilla, fierro corrugado, fierro constructivo, cabilla |
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 rebar come from?
Blend of reinforcing + bar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).