redial
/ɹɪˈdaɪəl/verb, adjective
redial is spelled R-E-D-I-A-L: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, redial means “To dial again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in redial?
| Letters | 6: R-E-D-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is redial?
Redial appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 redial?
- /ɹɪˈdaɪəl/
- /ɹɪˈdaɪl/
As an adjective (“Of or concerning a redia”): /ˈɹiːdɪəl/.
Redial has 3 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-redial.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-redial2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with redial?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as redial.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: derail, dialer.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of redial
- redials present, singular, he/she/it
- redialing US, participle, present
- redialling UK, participle, present
- redialed US, participle, past
- redialled UK, participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does redial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To dial again
adjective
- 1
Of or concerning a redia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does redial come from?
From re- + dial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).