# reform

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/ · frequency rank #2,854

## Definitions
1. The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

## Etymology
From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.

## Easily confused with
- **report** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-report)
- **resort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-resort)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-retort)
- **rework** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-rework)
- **reforms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-reforms)
- **reformed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-reformed)
- **reformer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-reformer)
- **refer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refer-vs-reform)
- **record** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-reform)
- **reborn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reborn-vs-reform)
- **Redford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redford-vs-reform)

## Common misspellings (9)
`erform`, `refform`, `refomr`, `reformm`, `reforrm`, `refrom`, `reofrm`, `rfeorm`, `rreform`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reform