# reissue

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #28,691

## Definitions
1. To issue again.
2. To reprint a series of postage stamps from old plates.
3. In patent law: to permit a patent with ministerial errors to be corrected and enforced for the remainder of the original term of the patent.

## Etymology
From re- + issue.

## Easily confused with
- **rescue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reissue-vs-rescue)
- **reassure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reassure-vs-reissue)

## Common misspellings (7)
`erissue`, `reisseu`, `reisue`, `reisuse`, `resisue`, `riessue`, `rreissue`

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