# remand

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/ · frequency rank #32,561

## Definitions
1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.

## Etymology
From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.

## Easily confused with
- **roman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-roman)
- **remind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-remind)
- **reward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-reward)
- **Romans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-romans)
- **remark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-remark)
- **Roland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-roland)
- **retard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-retard)
- **repaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-repaid)
- **rewind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-rewind)
- **romano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-romano)
- **Renard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-renard)
- **Romani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-romani)
- **remnant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-remnant)
- **Riemann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-riemann)
- **read** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/read-vs-remand)
- **rand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rand-vs-remand)
- **Regan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regan-vs-remand)
- **remain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remain-vs-remand)
- **regard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-remand)
- **refund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-remand)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ermand`, `reamnd`, `remadn`, `remandd`, `remannd`, `remmand`, `remnad`, `rmeand`, `rremand`

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