# rebut

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈbʌt/ · frequency rank #47,289

## Definitions
1. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
2. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rebutten, rebouten, from Old French reboter, rebuter, rebouter, etc., from re- + boter, buter, bouter (“to butt”). Entered English around 1302-1307.

## Easily confused with
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-ret)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-rut)
- **rest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-rest)
- **rent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-rent)
- **rout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-rout)
- **Reus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-reus)
- **reit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-reit)
- **robot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-robot)
- **reset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-reset)
- **remit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-remit)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-revue)
- **rerun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-rerun)
- **Remus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-remus)
- **redux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-redux)
- **refit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-refit)
- **recur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-recur)
- **result** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-result)
- **robust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-robust)
- **refute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-refute)
- **repute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-repute)

## Common misspellings (7)
`erbut`, `rbeut`, `rebbut`, `rebtu`, `rebutt`, `reubt`, `rrebut`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rebut