# repute

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈpjuːt/ · frequency rank #45,047

## Definitions
1. Reputation, especially a good reputation.

## Etymology
From Old French reputer, from Latin reputo (“I count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + puto (“I think”).

## Easily confused with
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repute-vs-route)
- **reuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repute-vs-reuse)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repute-vs-revue)
- **résumé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repute-vs-resume)
- **reputed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repute-vs-reputed)
- **respite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repute-vs-respite)
- **rebut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-repute)
- **reduce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reduce-vs-repute)
- **remote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-repute)
- **refuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuse-vs-repute)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relate-vs-repute)
- **refuge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuge-vs-repute)
- **rebate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-repute)
- **recite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recite-vs-repute)
- **refute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-repute)
- **rebuke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebuke-vs-repute)
- **repose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repose-vs-repute)
- **replete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/replete-vs-repute)

## Common misspellings (8)
`erpute`, `reppute`, `reptue`, `repuet`, `reputte`, `reupte`, `rpeute`, `rrepute`

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