rec
/ɹɛk/noun, verb, adjective
rec is spelled R-E-C: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rec means “Clipping of recreation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rec is recs.
How many letters and syllables are in rec?
| Letters | 3: R-E-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is rec?
Rec appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 rec?
- /ɹɛk/
Rec has one syllable (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-rec.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with rec
Sounds like: reck, wreck (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of rec
- recs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rec's present, singular, he/she/it
- reccing participle, present
- recing participle, present
- rec'ing participle, present
- recced participle, past
- reced participle, past
- rec'd participle, past
- rec'ed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rec mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of recreation.
At 11 o'clock, school's out, and it's time for rec.
- 2
informalClipping of recreation ground.
- 3
informalClipping of recommendation.
verb
- 1
informalTo recommend.
- 2
informalTo record.
adjective
- 1
informalClipping of recreational.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).