# rehab

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiːhæb/ · frequency rank #9,807

## Definitions
1. Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
2. An institution for rehabilitation.
3. A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.

## Etymology
Clipping of rehabilitation.

## Easily confused with
- **Reza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehab-vs-reza)
- **relax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehab-vs-relax)
- **relay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehab-vs-relay)
- **repay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehab-vs-repay)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehab-vs-renal)
- **Rohan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehab-vs-rohan)
- **reheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehab-vs-reheat)
- **Rea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rea-vs-rehab)
- **Rab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rab-vs-rehab)
- **reb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reb-vs-rehab)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-rehab)
- **read** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/read-vs-rehab)
- **rear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rear-vs-rehab)
- **reap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reap-vs-rehab)
- **recap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recap-vs-rehab)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-rehab)
- **Regan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regan-vs-rehab)
- **rebar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebar-vs-rehab)

## Common misspellings (7)
`erhab`, `reahb`, `rehabb`, `rehba`, `rehhab`, `rheab`, `rrehab`

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