# regress

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/ · frequency rank #45,622

## Definitions
1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
2. The power or liberty of passing back.
3. The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

## Etymology
(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.

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

## Common misspellings (9)
`ergress`, `regerss`, `reggress`, `regres`, `regrress`, `regrses`, `rergess`, `rgeress`, `rregress`

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