repute
/ɹɪˈpjuːt/noun, verb
repute is spelled R-E-P-U-T-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, repute means “Reputation, especially a good reputation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of repute is reputes.
How many letters and syllables are in repute?
| Letters | 6: R-E-P-U-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th 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 repute?
Repute appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 repute?
- /ɹɪˈpjuːt/
Repute 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-repute.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of repute
- reputes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- reputing participle, present
- reputed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does repute mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Reputation, especially a good reputation.
verb
- 1
To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
- 2
To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Repute in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réputation |
| German | Ruf |
| Portuguese | reputação , reputar |
| Spanish | reputación |
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 repute come from?
From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).