# rerun

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiːɹʌn/ · frequency rank #33,001

## Definitions
1. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
2. A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
3. Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
4. A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
5. A second or subsequent run of a computer program.

## Etymology
From re- + run.

## Easily confused with
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rerun-vs-run)
- **Reus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rerun-vs-reus)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rerun-vs-resin)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rerun-vs-revue)
- **return** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rerun-vs-return)
- **ren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ren-vs-rerun)
- **rein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rein-vs-rerun)
- **reign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-rerun)
- **recon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recon-vs-rerun)
- **Regan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regan-vs-rerun)
- **Remus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remus-vs-rerun)
- **redux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redux-vs-rerun)
- **recur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recur-vs-rerun)
- **rebut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-rerun)
- **refund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-rerun)

## Common misspellings (7)
`errun`, `rernu`, `rerrun`, `rerunn`, `reurn`, `rrerun`, `rreun`

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