replenish
/ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/verb
replenish is spelled R-E-P-L-E-N-I-S-H: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, replenish means “To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in replenish?
| Letters | 9: R-E-P-L-E-N-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is replenish?
Replenish appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 replenish?
- /ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/
Replenish has 3 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-replenish.ogg, En-ca-replenish.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of replenish
- replenishes present, singular, he/she/it
- replenishing participle, present
- replenished participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does replenish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently.
- 2
archaicTo fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
- 3
obsoleteTo finish; to complete; to perfect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Replenish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to refill:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réapprovisionner |
| German | wieder auffüllen, wieder aufstocken |
| Portuguese | reabastecer |
| Spanish | rellenar, reponer, reabastecer, recargar, repostar, reconstituir |
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 replenish come from?
From Middle English replenisshen, borrowed from Old French repleniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of replenir, from re- + plenir, from plein, from Latin plenus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).