remount
/ɹiːˈmaʊnt/
"remount" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“remount” is uncommon English (frequency #88,775 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,775
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To go up again; to rise another time.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remount |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈmaʊnt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “remount” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
remount is uncommon English at frequency #88,775 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹiːˈmaʊnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for remount in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- + mount. The correct English form is remount, spelled R-E-M-O-U-N-T.
Definition
- 1To go up again; to rise another time.
- 2To help (someone) back on a horse.
- 3To get back on a horse, bicycle etc.
- 4To get back on (an animal, vehicle) again.
- 5To ascend (something) again.
- 6To fix (something) back into position.
- 7To mount (a drive or volume) again.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- + mount.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “remount”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-M-O-U-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.