replace
/ɹɪˈpleɪs/verb
replace is spelled R-E-P-L-A-C-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, replace means “To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in replace?
| Letters | 7: R-E-P-L-A-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 38 times per million words; the 2,581st 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 replace?
Replace appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st 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 replace?
- /ɹɪˈpleɪs/
- Australia /ɹɪˈplæɪs/
Replace 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: En-us-replace.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with replace?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as replace.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: percale.
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 replace
- replaces present, singular, he/she/it
- replacing participle, present
- replaced participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does replace mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
- 2
To refund; to repay; to pay back.
You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
- 3
To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
I replaced my car with a newer model.
- 4
To take over the position or role from.
- 5
To take the place of; to be used instead of.
This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
- 6
To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- 7
rareTo place again.
- 8
rareTo put in a new or different place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Replace in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | zurückstellen , ersetzen |
| Portuguese | substituir |
| French | remplacer |
| Spanish | reemplazar, mover el banquillo, remplazar |
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 replace come from?
From re- + place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).