retweet
verb, noun
retweet is spelled R-E-T-W-E-E-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, retweet means “To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in retweet?
| Letters | 7: R-E-T-W-E-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th 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; 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 retweet?
Retweet appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 retweet?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-retweet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with retweet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as retweet.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tweeter.
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 retweet
- retweets present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- retweeting participle, present
- retweeted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retweet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.
noun
- 1
A message reposted or forwarded in this way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate retweet?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of retweet: RT, rt, rtwt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Retweet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | retweeter , retweet |
| German | retweeten , Retweet |
| Portuguese | retwittar, retuitar , retuíte |
| Spanish | retuitear, retwittear , retuit, retuiteo |
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 retweet come from?
From re- + tweet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).