rescan
verb, noun
rescan is a verb meaning “To scan again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-C-A-N, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rescan mean?
verb
- 1
To scan again.
noun
- 1
A repeated scan; the act or result of scanning again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rescan
- rescans present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- rescanning participle, present
- rescanned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rescan?
Rescan appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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).
Where does rescan come from?
From re- + scan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).