# regain

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹiːˈɡeɪn/ · frequency rank #10,751

## Definitions
1. To get back; to recover possession of.

## Etymology
From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.

## Easily confused with
- **rein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-rein)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-resin)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-regal)
- **Regan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-regan)
- **Regis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-regis)
- **Rogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-rogan)
- **region** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-region)
- **remain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-remain)
- **retail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-retail)
- **repair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-repair)
- **regard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-regard)
- **retain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-retain)
- **regina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-regina)
- **Reggie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-reggie)
- **repaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-repaid)
- **rejoin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-rejoin)
- **remains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-remains)
- **retains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-retains)
- **regalia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-regalia)
- **repaint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-repaint)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ergain`, `reagin`, `regainn`, `regani`, `reggain`, `regian`, `rgeain`, `rregain`

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