redirect

Name: redirect, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“redirect” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,195
frequency rank, English: 21,470
“R” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To give new direction to, change the direction of.

Key facts for redirect
Property	Value
Headword	redirect
Language	English
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#22,195
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “redirect” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). redirect lands here:

#22,195

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around redirect, averb. Corpus frequency is #22,195 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for redirect, with forms such as "erdirect", "rdeirect", and "reddirect". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + direct. The correct English form is redirect, spelled R-E-D-I-R-E-C-T.

Definition

1
To give new direction to, change the direction of.
2
To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
3
To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
4
To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.

Etymology

From re- + direct.

Synonyms

reorient

This word in other languages

réorienter(Français)weiterleiten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erdirect
rdeirect
reddirect
redierct
redircet
redirecct
redirectt
rediretc
redirrect
redriect
reidrect
rredirect

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redirect - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "redirect"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "redirect"?

"redirect" is spelled R-E-D-I-R-E-C-T.

What does "redirect" mean?

As a verb, "redirect" means: To give new direction to, change the direction of.

What are common misspellings of "redirect"?

Common misspellings include "erdirect", "rdeirect", "reddirect", "redierct", "redircet". The correct spelling is "redirect".

What is the origin of the word "redirect"?

From re- + direct. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “redirect”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is R-E-D-I-R-E-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.