# recuperate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈk(j)uːpəˌɹeɪt/ · frequency rank #40,415

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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.

## Common misspellings (14)
`ercuperate`, `rceuperate`, `reccuperate`, `recpuerate`, `recueprate`, `recupearte`, `recuperaet`, `recuperatte`, `recuperrate`, `recupertae`, `recupperate`, `recupreate`, `reucperate`, `rrecuperate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/recuperate