# recede

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈsiːd/ · frequency rank #41,339

## Definitions
1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
2. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
3. To take back.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English receden, from Middle French receder and its etymon Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).

## Easily confused with
- **reed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-reed)
- **Reese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-reese)
- **Reece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-reece)
- **reeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-reeve)
- **Recep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-recep)
- **Renée** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-renee)
- **reedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-reedy)
- **recent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-recent)
- **recipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-recipe)
- **remedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-remedy)
- **reside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-reside)
- **recess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-recess)
- **recite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-recite)
- **revere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-revere)
- **remade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-remade)
- **Recife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-recife)
- **receive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-receive)
- **raced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raced-vs-recede)
- **Reade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-recede)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ercede`, `rceede`, `reccede`, `recdee`, `recedde`, `receed`, `reecde`, `rrecede`

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