regurge
"regurge" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“regurge” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-regurge · regurge · English
regurge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regurge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “regurge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
regurge is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.".
Zero misspellings are on record for regurge in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: A shortening of regurgitate. The correct English form is regurge, spelled R-E-G-U-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how regurge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A river girds the city west and south, The main north channel of a broad lagoon, Regurging with the salt tides from the mouth;
Etymology
A shortening of regurgitate.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.