repaint
/ɹiːˈpeɪnt/verb, noun
repaint is spelled R-E-P-A-I-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, repaint means “To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in repaint?
| Letters | 7: R-E-P-A-I-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 repaint?
Repaint appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 repaint?
- /ɹiːˈpeɪnt/
- /ˈɹiːpeɪnt/
Repaint 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)-Vealhurl-repaint_(verb).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-repaint_(noun).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with repaint?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as repaint.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: painter, pertain.
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 repaint
- repaints present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- repainting participle, present
- repainted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does repaint mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.
to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture
- 2
To draw or render again on the display.
noun
- 1
The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted.
They didn't like the color so we had to do a repaint.
- 2
The act of drawing or rendering again on the display.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Repaint in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to paint again:
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 repaint come from?
From re- + paint (“verb”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).