refloat
verb, noun
refloat is spelled R-E-F-L-O-A-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, refloat means “To cause to float again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in refloat?
| Letters | 7: R-E-F-L-O-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 refloat?
Refloat appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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).
What rhymes with refloat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as refloat.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: floater.
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 refloat
- refloats present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- refloating participle, present
- refloated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does refloat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cause to float again.
Removing fuel from the sunken ship will make it easier to refloat it.
- 2
To float again.
noun
- 1
The process of getting something to float again.
A small crowd on the docks watched the attempted refloat of the ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does refloat come from?
From re- + float.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).