recup
"recup" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recup” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cup again; to supply with cups an additional time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-recup · recup · English
recup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “recup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
recup is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To cup again; to supply with cups an additional time.".
recup doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + cup. The correct English form is recup, spelled R-E-C-U-P.
Definition
- 1To cup again; to supply with cups an additional time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how recup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seeing that le garçon had by this time recupped the party three times at my expense I was now twenty-four shilling out[.]
Etymology
From re- + cup.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.