rejoin
re·join/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/verb
rejoin is spelled R-E-J-O-I-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (re·join). It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rejoin means “To join again; to unite after separation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rejoin?
| Letters | 6: R-E-J-O-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·join |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rejoin?
Rejoin appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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).
How do you pronounce rejoin?
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
- /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
Rejoin has 2 syllables, split re·join in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rejoin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with rejoin
Also written: re-join (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with rejoin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rejoin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: joiner.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of rejoin
- rejoins present, singular, he/she/it
- rejoining participle, present
- rejoined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rejoin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To join again; to unite after separation.
- 2
To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
- 3
archaicTo state in reply.
- 4
archaicTo answer to a reply.
- 5
To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
- 6
USnonstandardTo re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rejoin come from?
From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).