reutilize

verb

"reutilize" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“reutilize” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To use or utilize something again, or for another purpose

Corpus desk

Index EN-reutilize · reutilize · English

reutilize · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for reutilize
PropertyValue
Headwordreutilize
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “reutilize” in English

reutilizesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reutilize is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To use or utilize something again, or for another purpose".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reutilize, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + utilize. The correct English form is reutilize, spelled R-E-U-T-I-L-I-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To use or utilize something again, or for another purpose

Etymology

From re- + utilize.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reutilize"?
"reutilize" is spelled R-E-U-T-I-L-I-Z-E.
What does "reutilize" mean?
As a verb, "reutilize" means: To use or utilize something again, or for another purpose
What is the origin of the word "reutilize"?
From re- + utilize. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list