rehear
verb
rehear is a verb meaning “To hear again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-H-E-A-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rehear mean?
verb
- 1
To hear again.
- 2
To try (a lawsuit, etc.) again judicially.
The court will rehear the case on Monday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rehear?
Rehear 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).
Forms of rehear
- rehears present, singular, he/she/it
- rehearing participle, present
- reheard participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rehear?
Rehear appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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).
Rehear in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to hear again:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réentendre |
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 rehear come from?
From re- + hear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).