# replace

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈpleɪs/ · frequency rank #2,593

## Definitions
1. To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
2. To refund; to repay; to pay back.
3. To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
4. To take over the position or role from.
5. To take the place of; to be used instead of.
6. To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
7. To place again.
8. To put in a new or different place.

## Etymology
From re- + place.

## Easily confused with
- **replay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/replace-vs-replay)
- **replica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/replace-vs-replica)
- **replete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/replace-vs-replete)
- **retrace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/replace-vs-retrace)
- **replaced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/replace-vs-replaced)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relate-vs-replace)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erplace`, `relpace`, `repalce`, `replacce`, `replaec`, `replcae`, `repllace`, `repplace`, `rpelace`, `rreplace`

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