rehome
/ɹiːˈhəʊm/
"rehome" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rehome” is uncommon English (frequency #89,827 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,827
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To find a new home for (especially a pet).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rehome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈhəʊm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rehome” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rehome is uncommon English at frequency #89,827 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹiːˈhəʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rehome, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + home. The correct English form is rehome, spelled R-E-H-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1To find a new home for (especially a pet).
- 2To find a new family for (one or more adopted children) without using official adoption agencies.
Etymology
From re- + home.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rehome”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-H-O-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.