remember
re·mem·ber/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɚ/verb
remember is spelled R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R, 3 syllables: re·mem·ber. The wrong spelling people search most is remeber: about 410 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 14 of all searches for the word. Remember is a verb meaning “To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory”.
How many letters and syllables are in remember?
| Letters | 8: R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·mem·ber |
| In writing | 240 times per million words; the 417th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 6; the most searched, remeber, about 410 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell remember?
Remember is spelled R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R. 6 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 11 of the searches for remember in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is remember?
Remember appears 240 times per million words in written English, the 417th 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 remember?
- UK /ɹɪˈmɛm.bə/
- US /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɚ/
- US /ɹəˈmɛm.bɚ/
Remember has 3 syllables, split re·mem·ber in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-to_remember.ogg, En-us-remember.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with remember
Also written: re-member (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with remember?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as remember from its last stressed vowel (/ɛmbəɹ/):
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 remember
- remembers present, singular, he/she/it
- remembering participle, present
- remembered participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
- remembre
- 'member
- rmb
- re-member
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does remember mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
Remember me? I live in your building.
- 2
To memorize; to put something into memory.
Please remember this formula!
- 3
To keep in mind; to be mindful of.
Remember what I've said.
- 4
To not forget (to do something required)
Remember to lock the door when you go out.
- 5
To convey greetings from.
Please remember me to your brother.
- 6
obsoleteTo put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
- 7
To engage in the process of recalling memories.
You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
- 8
To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
- 9
rareAlternative form of re-member.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate remember?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of remember: memba.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Remember in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | se rappeler, se souvenir, se remémorer , retenir , penser à |
| German | sich erinnern , sich merken , daran denken , grüßen , bedenken , gedenken |
| Portuguese | lembrar-se, recordar-se , decorar, memorizar |
| Spanish | acordarse/arrecordarse/alcordarse de, recordar , darse recuerdos |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does remember come from?
From Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorari (“to remember again”), from re- + memor (“mindful”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *(s)mer- (“to think about, be mindful, remember”). Cognate with Old English mimorian, mymerian (“to remember, commemorate”), Old English māmorian (“to deliberate, plan out, design”). More at mimmer and mammer. Compare also dialectical English umbethink.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).