retry
/riˈtɹaɪ/verb, noun
retry is spelled R-E-T-R-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, retry means “To try or attempt again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in retry?
| Letters | 5: R-E-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th 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 retry?
Retry appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 retry?
- /riˈtɹaɪ/
As a noun (“Another attempt”): /ˈriːtɹaɪ/.
Retry 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-retry.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-retry2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with retry?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as retry.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: terry.
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 retry
- retries present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- retrying participle, present
- retried participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To try or attempt again.
to retry connecting to the Internet after an error
- 2
To try judicially a second time.
to retry a case
noun
- 1
Another attempt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Retry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to try or attempt again:
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 retry come from?
From re- + try.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).