redress

re·dress/ɹiˈdɹɛs/verb, noun

redress is spelled R-E-D-R-E-S-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables (re·dress). It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, redress means “To put in order again; to set right; to revise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in redress?

Letters	7: R-E-D-R-E-S-S
Syllables	2: re·dress
In writing	1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Rhymes with	press dress stress nevertheless more
Same letters	dresser

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 redress?

Redress appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce redress?

UK /ɹɪˈdɹɛs/
US /ɹiˈdɹɛs/
US /ɹəˈdɹɛs/

As a verb (“To dress again”): /ˌɹiːˈdɹɛs/, /ɹiˈdɹɛs/.

Redress has 2 syllables, split re·dress in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-redress.ogg, En-au-redress.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-redress_(re-).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with redress?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as redress from its last stressed vowel (/ɛs/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: dresser.

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 redress

redresses present, singular, he/she/it, plural
redressing participle, present
redressed participle, past
re-dress

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does redress mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

1
To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
Let us divide our labours; thou, where choice / Leads thee, or where most needs, whether to wind / The woodbine round this arbour, or direct / The clasping ivy where to climb; while I, / In yonder spring of roses intermixed / With myrtle, f
2
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
3
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
[Magna Charta] [I]f we, our justiciary, our bailiffs, or any of our officers, shall in any circumstance fail in the performance of them, towards any person, or shall break through any of these articles of peace and security, and the offence
4
obsoleteTo put upright again; to restore.
5
To dress again.
6
To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

noun

1
The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
2
A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Governm
3
A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
4
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
5
The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.