redound
/ɹɪˈdaʊnd/verb, noun
redound is spelled R-E-D-O-U-N-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, redound means “To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in redound?
| Letters | 7: R-E-D-O-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th 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 redound?
Redound appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 redound?
- US /ɹɪˈdaʊnd/
- US /ɹəˈdaʊnd/
Redound 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-redound.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with redound?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as redound from its last stressed vowel (/aʊnd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rounded.
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 redound
- redounds present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- redounding participle, present
- redounded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does redound mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
- 2
To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
- 3
To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
- 4
To reverberate, to echo.
- 5
To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
- 6
To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).
His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.
- 7
To arise from or out of something.
- 8
To roll back; to be sent or driven back.
noun
- 1
A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Redound in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | zu etw. führen, zu etw. beitragen , zurückfallen, einholen |
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 redound come from?
From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).