repass
/ɹiːˈpɑːs/verb
repass is spelled R-E-P-A-S-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, repass means “To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in repass?
| Letters | 6: R-E-P-A-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 repass?
Repass appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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 repass?
- UK /ɹiːˈpɑːs/
Repass 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).
What rhymes with repass?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as repass from its last stressed vowel (/ɑs/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sparse, passer.
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 repass
- repasses present, singular, he/she/it
- repassing participle, present
- repassed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does repass mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.
Isabell Queene of England, being to repasse from Zeland into her Kingdome with an armie, […] had utterly beene cast away, had she come unto the Port intended […].
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does repass come from?
Partly from Anglo-Norman repasser, partly from re- + pass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).