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reunion

/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/noun, verb

reunion is spelled R-E-U-N-I-O-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reunion means “The process or act of reuniting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reunion is reunions or reünions.

How many letters and syllables are in reunion?

Letters7: R-E-U-N-I-O-N
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is reunion?

Reunion appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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 reunion?

  • /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/
  • /ɹɪˈjuːnjən/

Reunion has 3 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-reunion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with reunion

Also written: re-union (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of reunion

  • reunions plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • re-union
  • reünion
  • reunioning participle, present
  • reunioned participle, past
  • reünions plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does reunion mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The process or act of reuniting.

    The reunion took forever, but it was worth it.

  2. 2

    A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.

    Are you going to the high-school reunion this year?

verb

  1. 1

    nonstandardTo form a reunion or an act of reuniting.

noun

as reünion
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of reunion.

    Overture on Reünion: The Reports of the Joint Committee of the Two Assemblies of 1866–7, and of the Special Committee of the (N.S.) General Assembly of 1868

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Reunion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchréunion, réunification, rassemblement (the process or act)
GermanWiedervereinigung, Treffen, Zusammenkunft (the process or act)
Portuguesereunificação (the process or act), reunião (planned event)
Spanishreunión (the process or act)

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 reunion come from?

From Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- + union. Doublet of Réunion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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