rename
/ɹiːˈneɪm/verb, noun
rename is spelled R-E-N-A-M-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rename means “To give a new name to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rename?
| Letters | 6: R-E-N-A-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th 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 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 rename?
Rename appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 rename?
- /ɹiːˈneɪm/
Rename has 2 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)-Vininn126-rename.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rename?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rename.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: meaner.
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 rename
- renames present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- renaming participle, present
- renamed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rename mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To give a new name to.
noun
- 1
An instance of renaming.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rename in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to give a new name to:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | renommer |
| German | umbenennen, umtaufen |
| Portuguese | renomear, alterar nome |
| Spanish | renombrar |
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 rename come from?
From re- + name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).