request
re·quest/ɹɪˈkwɛst/verb, noun
request is spelled R-E-Q-U-E-S-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (re·quest). It appears 58 times per million words in written English, the 1,793rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, request means “To ask for (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in request?
| Letters | 7: R-E-Q-U-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·quest |
| In writing | 58 times per million words; the 1,793rd 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; 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 request?
Request appears 58 times per million words in written English, the 1,793rd 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 request?
- /ɹɪˈkwɛst/
Request has 2 syllables, split re·quest in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-request.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with request?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as request.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: quester.
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 request
- requests present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- requesting participle, present
- requested 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 request mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To ask for (something).
The corporal requested reinforcements.
- 2
To ask (somebody) to do something.
She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.
noun
- 1
Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
- 2
A formal message requesting something.
- 3
Condition of being sought after.
- 4
A message sent over a network to a server.
The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.
- 5
obsoleteThat which is asked for or requested.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate request?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of request: req, rq.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Request in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | demander , prier , requête, demande |
| German | anfordern, erwünschen, verlangen nach, begehren , erbitten, ersuchen |
| Portuguese | requerer , pedir, solicitar , pedido, requisição, requerimento |
| Spanish | pedir, solicitar, instar , solicitud, instancia, pedido |
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 request come from?
From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).