# recall

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈkɔːl/ · frequency rank #3,650

## Definitions
1. To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
2. To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
3. To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
4. To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
5. To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
6. To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.
7. To call again; to call another time.
8. To request or order the return of (a faulty product).

## Etymology
From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

## Easily confused with
- **recap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-recap)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-renal)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-regal)
- **retail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-retail)
- **resale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-resale)
- **refill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-refill)
- **recoil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-recoil)
- **recast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-recast)
- **resell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-resell)
- **rectal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-rectal)
- **recalled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-recalled)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-recall)
- **realm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realm-vs-recall)
- **really** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/really-vs-recall)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ercall`, `rceall`, `reacll`, `recal`, `reccall`, `reclal`, `rrecall`

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