# rename

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹiːˈneɪm/ · frequency rank #23,082

## Definitions
1. To give a new name to.

## Etymology
From re- + name.

## Easily confused with
- **Rene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-rene)
- **Renée** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-renee)
- **resale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-resale)
- **retake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-retake)
- **revamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-revamp)
- **Rennie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-rennie)
- **résumé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-resume)
- **Renata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-renata)
- **Renard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-renard)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renal-vs-rename)
- **Reade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-rename)
- **reams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reams-vs-rename)
- **regime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regime-vs-rename)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relate-vs-rename)
- **remake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remake-vs-rename)
- **rebate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-rename)
- **remade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remade-vs-rename)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ername`, `reanme`, `renaem`, `renamme`, `renmae`, `renname`, `rneame`, `rrename`

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