retool
/riːˈtuːl/verb
retool is spelled R-E-T-O-O-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, retool means “To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in retool?
| Letters | 6: R-E-T-O-O-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 retool?
Retool appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 retool?
- /riːˈtuːl/
- /riˈtʉl/
Retool 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: En-us-retool.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with retool?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as retool.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: looter.
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 retool
- retools present, singular, he/she/it
- retooling participle, present
- retooled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retool mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.
He decided it was time to retool last year's marketing brochure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Retool in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to adjust, to rebuild:
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 retool come from?
From re- + tool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).