# repair

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈpɛə/ · frequency rank #3,582

## Definitions
1. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

## Etymology
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).

## Easily confused with
- **repay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repair-vs-repay)
- **retail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repair-vs-retail)
- **retain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repair-vs-retain)
- **repaired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repair-vs-repaired)
- **rear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rear-vs-repair)
- **rebar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebar-vs-repair)
- **remain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remain-vs-repair)
- **regain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-repair)
- **repaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repaid-vs-repair)
- **repaint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repaint-vs-repair)

## Common misspellings (8)
`erpair`, `reapir`, `repairr`, `repari`, `repiar`, `reppair`, `rpeair`, `rrepair`

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