# recover

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈkʌvə/ · frequency rank #4,401

## Definitions
1. To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
2. To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
3. To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
4. To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
5. To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
6. To reach (a place), arrive at.
7. To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
8. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
9. To regain one's composure, balance etc.
10. To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
11. To recover from.

## Etymology
From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate.
The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.

## Easily confused with
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-rover)
- **remove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-remove)
- **removed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-removed)
- **remover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-remover)
- **recovery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-recovery)
- **revolver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-revolver)
- **recovered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recover-vs-recovered)
- **receiver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receiver-vs-recover)
- **recorder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recorder-vs-recover)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ercover`, `rceover`, `reccover`, `recoevr`, `recoverr`, `recovre`, `recovver`, `recvoer`, `reocver`, `rrecover`

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