reread
/ɹiːˈɹiːd/verb, noun
reread is spelled R-E-R-E-A-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “re-read vs reread” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As a verb, reread means “To read again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in reread?
| Letters | 6: R-E-R-E-A-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is reread?
Reread appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 reread?
- UK /ɹiːˈɹiːd/
- UK /ɹiːˈɹɛd/
As a noun (“The act of reading something again”): /ɹiːˈɹiːd/, /ɹiːˈɹɛd/, /ˈɹiːɹiːd/.
Reread 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reread_(verb).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reread_(past).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reread_(noun).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with reread
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: re-read (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with reread?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as reread from its last stressed vowel (/id/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reader, redear.
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 reread
- rereads present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- rereading participle, present
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reread mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To read again.
- 2
To read or interpret in a new way.
noun
- 1
The act of reading something again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reread in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to read again:
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 reread come from?
From re- + read.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).