rehydrate

verb

"rehydrate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“rehydrate” is uncommon English (frequency #75,350 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,350
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.

Corpus desk

Index EN-rehydrate · rehydrate · English

rehydrate · rank #75,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,350
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH refried

Nearest frequency peer: refried (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “rehydrate”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “rehydrate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rehydrate
PropertyValue
Headwordrehydrate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “rehydrate” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).rehydratefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “refried” (#75,349), “rejoinder” (#75,351), “repairer” (#75,352). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “rehydrate” is #75,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rehydrate is uncommon English at frequency #75,350 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for rehydrate in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + hydrate. The correct English form is rehydrate, spelled R-E-H-Y-D-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.

Etymology

From re- + hydrate.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rehydrate"?
"rehydrate" is spelled R-E-H-Y-D-R-A-T-E.
What does "rehydrate" mean?
As a verb, "rehydrate" means: To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.
What is the origin of the word "rehydrate"?
From re- + hydrate. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rehydrate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list