reboot
/ˈɹiːbuːt/noun, verb
reboot is spelled R-E-B-O-O-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reboot means “An instance of rebooting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reboot is reboots.
How many letters and syllables are in reboot?
| Letters | 6: R-E-B-O-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 reboot?
Reboot appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 reboot?
- /ˈɹiːbuːt/
As a verb (“To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting…”): /ˈɹiːbuːt/, /ɹiːˈbuːt/.
Reboot 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-reboot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reboot?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as reboot.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: booter.
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 reboot
- reboots plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rebooting participle, present
- rebooted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reboot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of rebooting.
- 2
A fresh start.
- 3
The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.
- 4
The restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity.
verb
- 1
To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.
We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.
- 2
To start afresh.
They rebooted the TV series, but it's even worse than the original.
- 3
Restart; to return to an initial configuration or state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reboot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | redémarrage , redémarrer, réinitialiser, relancer |
| German | Neustart, Reboot , neu laden, neu starten, rebooten |
| Portuguese | reinício, reboot , reiniciar, reinicializar |
| Spanish | reinicio , reiniciar |
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 reboot come from?
From re- + boot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).