rehash
/ɹiːˈhæʃ/verb, noun
rehash is spelled R-E-H-A-S-H: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rehash means “To hash (chop food into small pieces) again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rehash?
| Letters | 6: R-E-H-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rehash?
Rehash appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rehash?
- /ɹiːˈhæʃ/
As a noun (“Something reworked, or made up from old materials”): /ˈɹiːˌhæʃ/.
Rehash has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rehash.wav, En-us-rehash.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rehash?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rehash.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hasher.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of rehash
- rehashes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- rehashing participle, present
- rehashed participle, past
- re-hash
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rehash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To hash (chop food into small pieces) again.
- 2
To repeat with minor variation.
Today's parliamentary session only rehashed last week's arguments.
- 3
To analyze a prior contentious or embarrassing event.
Let's not rehash what we did last night.
- 4
To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
noun
- 1
Something reworked, or made up from old materials.
He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay.
- 2
A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rehash in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ressasser |
| German | mehr oder minder wiederholen, wiederaufwärmen, verwursten , Aufbereitung |
| Portuguese | refazer, recauchutar |
| Spanish | rehacer, refundir, refreír , refrito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rehash come from?
From re- + hash.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).