recap
/ɹiːˈkæp/verb, noun
recap is spelled R-E-C-A-P: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, recap means “To seal (something) again with a cap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in recap?
| Letters | 5: R-E-C-A-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th 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 recap?
Recap appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 recap?
- /ɹiːˈkæp/
As a noun (“A recapitulation”): /ˈɹiːkæp/.
As a verb (“To recapitulate”): /ɹiːˈkæp/, /ˈɹiːkæp/.
Recap 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-recap_(verb).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-recap_(noun).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with recap?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as recap.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: caper, pacer, crape.
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 recap
- recaps present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- recapping participle, present
- recapped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does recap mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To seal (something) again with a cap.
They're planning to recap those oil wells permanently.
- 2
CanadaUSTo replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion.
They buy a lot of camelback because they recap a lot of truck tires for trailer fleets.
- 3
To recapitulate.
Near-synonyms: review; overview
- 4
informalTo replace capacitors in electronic equipment.
noun
- 1
A tire that has had new tread glued on.
He refused to buy recaps because he didn't trust them not to come apart on the highway.
- 2
A recapitulation.
Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice will give us a recap of recent decisions.
- 3
A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does recap come from?
From re- + cap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).