reflow
verb, noun
reflow is spelled R-E-F-L-O-W: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, reflow means “To flow back again; to flow once more” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in reflow?
| Letters | 6: R-E-F-L-O-W |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th 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 reflow?
Reflow appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 reflow?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as reflow.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: flower, fowler, wolfer.
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 reflow
- reflows present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- reflowing participle, present
- reflowed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reflow mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To flow back again; to flow once more.
The sea flows and reflows.
- 2
To cause to flow again, to remelt.
Reflowing solder is a common form of rework in the manufacture of printed circuit boards: you heat up the solder and it flows where it should have flowed the first time.
- 3
To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.
noun
- 1
A flowing back again.
the flow and reflow of the tide
- 2
The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does reflow come from?
From re- + flow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).