# refresh

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/ · frequency rank #12,130

## Definitions
1. To renew or revitalize.
2. To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
3. To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
4. To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
5. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
6. To take refreshment; to eat or drink.

## Etymology
From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.

## Easily confused with
- **repress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refresh-vs-repress)
- **regress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refresh-vs-regress)
- **refresher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refresh-vs-refresher)
- **redress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redress-vs-refresh)

## Common misspellings (11)
`erfresh`, `refersh`, `reffresh`, `refrehs`, `refreshh`, `refressh`, `refrresh`, `refrseh`, `rerfesh`, `rferesh`, `rrefresh`

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