retrain
/ɹiːˈtɹeɪn/verb, noun
retrain is spelled R-E-T-R-A-I-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, retrain means “To train again; especially, to train or study in a new subject or job” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in retrain?
| Letters | 7: R-E-T-R-A-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 retrain?
Retrain appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 retrain?
- /ɹiːˈtɹeɪn/
As a noun (“An instance of training again”): /ˈɹiːtɹeɪn/.
Retrain 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-retrain.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-retrain2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with retrain?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as retrain.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trainer, terrain.
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 retrain
- retrains present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- retraining participle, present
- retrained participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retrain mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To train again; especially, to train or study in a new subject or job
noun
- 1
An instance of training again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Retrain in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to train again:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | se recycler, se reconvertir |
| Spanish | capacitar |
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 retrain come from?
From re- + train.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).