# recoup

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈkuːp/ · frequency rank #29,807

## Definitions
1. To make back (an investment or similar).
2. To recover from an error.
3. To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.
4. To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.

## Etymology
From French recouper (“cut short”).

## Easily confused with
- **recur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recoup-vs-recur)
- **rectum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recoup-vs-rectum)
- **regroup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recoup-vs-regroup)
- **recap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recap-vs-recoup)
- **recon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recon-vs-recoup)
- **Recep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recep-vs-recoup)
- **record** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-recoup)
- **recoil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recoil-vs-recoup)
- **recount** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recount-vs-recoup)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ercoup`, `rceoup`, `reccoup`, `recopu`, `recoupp`, `recuop`, `reocup`, `rrecoup`

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