# rehearse

> English word · Verb · IPA [ɹɪˈhɜːs] · frequency rank #31,313

## Definitions
1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
2. To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.
3. To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.
4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
5. To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.

## Etymology
From Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-Norman reherser (“to repeat word-for-word”).

## Easily confused with
- **release** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehearse-vs-release)
- **reverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehearse-vs-reverse)
- **rehearsed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehearse-vs-rehearsed)
- **rehearsal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rehearsal-vs-rehearse)

## Common misspellings (11)
`erhearse`, `reeharse`, `rehaerse`, `reheares`, `rehearrse`, `rehearsse`, `reheasre`, `reherase`, `rehhearse`, `rheearse`, `rrehearse`

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