redoubt
/ɹɪˈdaʊt/noun, verb
redoubt is spelled R-E-D-O-U-B-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, redoubt means “A small, temporary, military fortification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of redoubt is redoubts.
How many letters and syllables are in redoubt?
| Letters | 7: R-E-D-O-U-B-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 redoubt?
Redoubt appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 redoubt?
- US /ɹɪˈdaʊt/
- Canada /ɹəˈdʌʊt/
As a verb (“To doubt again”): /ˌɹiːˈdaʊt/, /ˌɹiːˈdʌʊt/.
Redoubt has 2 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-redoubt.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-redoubt.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-redoubt2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with redoubt?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as redoubt from its last stressed vowel (/aʊt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: doubter, obtrude.
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 redoubt
- redoubts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- redout
- redoubting participle, present
- redoubted participle, past
- re-doubt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does redoubt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small, temporary, military fortification.
- 2
A reinforced refuge; a fort.
- 3
A place of safety or refuge.
- 4
rareThe return of doubt.
verb
- 1
To fortify, to make into a stronghold.
- 2
archaicTo dread.
- 3
rareTo doubt again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Redoubt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fortification:
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 redoubt come from?
From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus (“refuge”), from Latin redūcō (“to withdraw”), with spelling influenced by doubt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).