reengineering
noun, verb
reengineering is spelled R-E-E-N-G-I-N-E-E-R-I-N-G: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reengineering means “The application of technology and management science to the modification of existing systems, organizations, processes and products in order to make…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reengineering is reengineerings.
How many letters and syllables are in reengineering?
| Letters | 13: R-E-E-N-G-I-N-E-E-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is reengineering?
Reengineering appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 reengineering?
- US
Reengineering has 5 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)-Wodencafe-reengineering.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of reengineering
- reengineerings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reengineering mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The application of technology and management science to the modification of existing systems, organizations, processes and products in order to make them more effective, efficient and responsive.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of reengineer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).