respect
re·spect/ɹɪˈspɛkt/noun, verb, interjection
respect is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T, 2 syllables: re·spect. The wrong spelling people search most is repect: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 133 of all searches for the word. Respect is a noun meaning “An attitude of consideration or high regard; a feeling of admiration or esteem”. The plural of respect is respects.
How many letters and syllables are in respect?
| Letters | 7: R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·spect |
| In writing | 107 times per million words; the 996th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, repect, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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); 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 do you spell respect?
Respect is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 133 of the searches for respect in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is respect?
Respect appears 107 times per million words in written English, the 996th 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 respect?
- US /ɹɪˈspɛkt/
- Australia /ɹɪˈspekt/
- /ɹəˈspekt/
Respect has 2 syllables, split re·spect in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-respect.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-respect.wav, LL-Q7976_(mis)-Le_Rêveur0316-respect.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with respect?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as respect from its last stressed vowel (/ɛkt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: specter, sceptre.
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 respect
- respects plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- respeck
- resp'ct
- respecting participle, present
- respected participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does respect mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An attitude of consideration or high regard; a feeling of admiration or esteem.
He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.
- 2
Good opinion, honor, or admiration.
- 3
Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.
- 4
A particular aspect, feature or detail of something.
This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.
- 5
Good will; favor.
verb
- 1
To have respect for.
She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.
- 2
To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.
- 3
To abide by an agreement.
They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.
- 4
To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- 5
To relate to; to be concerned with.
- 6
obsoleteTo regard; to consider; to deem.
- 7
obsoleteTo look toward; to face.
interjection
- 1
hello, hi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Respect in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | respect , respecter |
| German | Achtung, Respekt , respektieren |
| Portuguese | respeito , respeitar , reverência |
| Spanish | respeto, pleitesía , respetar |
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.