remarry
/ɹiːˈmæɹi/verb
remarry is spelled R-E-M-A-R-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, remarry means “To marry a second or subsequent time (the same spouse or a different one) after the end of a marriage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in remarry?
| Letters | 7: R-E-M-A-R-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 remarry?
Remarry appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 remarry?
- UK /ɹiːˈmæɹi/
Remarry has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-remarry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with remarry?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as remarry from its last stressed vowel (/æɹi/, British pronunciation):
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 remarry
- remarries present, singular, he/she/it
- remarrying participle, present
- remarried participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does remarry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To marry a second or subsequent time (the same spouse or a different one) after the end of a marriage.
After his wife's death, he never remarried.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does remarry come from?
From re- + marry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).