rebuild
/ɹiːˈbɪld/
"rebuild" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rebuild” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,337
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To build again or anew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rebuild · rebuild · English
rebuild · rank #8,337 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #8,337
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rack
Nearest frequency peer: rack (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “rebuild”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Quinn
Quinn
91,667 corpus weight
- ra
ra
91,666 corpus weight
- rack
rack
91,665 corpus weight
- rebuild
rebuild
91,664 corpus weight
- rejection
rejection
91,662 corpus weight
- relaxing
relaxing
91,661 corpus weight
What this shows “rebuild” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rebuild |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈbɪld/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rebuild”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around rebuild (IPA /ɹiːˈbɪld/), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,337 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rebuild, with forms such as "erbuild", "rbeuild", and "rebbuild". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "rebuilt", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + build. The correct English form is rebuild, spelled R-E-B-U-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1To build again or anew.
- 2To attempt to improve one's performance during a period of struggling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rebuild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme.
We cannot forget the hurts and pain which have been dealt by the two opposing forces, but we must seek to heal the wounds and go forward. Are we going to allow the wounds to fester until we die, or are we big enough, collectively and individually, to write it off as a bad experience and begin to rebuild?
Etymology
From re- + build.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erbuild
- rbeuild
- rebbuild
- rebiuld
- rebuidl
- rebuildd
- rebuilld
- rebulid
- reubild
- rrebuild
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rebuild - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rebuild", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).