rehab
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "rehab", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "rehab" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "rehab" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
rehab is aEnglishnoun. It means: Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs. Pronounced /ˈɹiːhæb/. It ranks #9,807 in English word frequency. Often confused with Reza and relax.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rehab |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹiːhæb/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for rehab is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹiːhæb/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,807 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rehab, with forms such as "erhab", "reahb", and "rehabb". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Reza", "relax", "relay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of rehabilitation. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is rehab, spelled R-E-H-A-B, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
- 2An institution for rehabilitation.
- 3A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.
Etymology
Clipping of rehabilitation.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erhab,reahb,rehabb,rehba,rehhab,rheab,rrehab
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rehab
Misspelling Variants of "rehab"
Frequency rank: #9,807 in English
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