recuperate
/ɹɪˈk(j)uːpəˌɹeɪt/verb
recuperate is spelled R-E-C-U-P-E-R-A-T-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, recuperate means “To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in recuperate?
| Letters | 10: R-E-C-U-P-E-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is recuperate?
Recuperate appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 recuperate?
- /ɹɪˈk(j)uːpəˌɹeɪt/
Recuperate has 4 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-recuperate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of recuperate
- recuperates present, singular, he/she/it
- recuperating participle, present
- recuperated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does recuperate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).
- 2
To restore (someone or something) to health, strength, or currency; to revive or rehabilitate.
- 3
To recover; to regain.
- 4
To co-opt (a problematic or suspect idea) so that it becomes part of an accepted discourse; to reclaim.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Recuperate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | recuperarse , recuperar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does recuperate come from?
Borrowed from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre (“get again, regain, recover”). Doublet of recover. The pronunciation without /j/ may have been influenced by the semantically similar, but etymologically distinct verb recoup.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).