revend

/riˈvɛnd/

//riˈvɛnd// verb

"revend" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of resell: to sell again.

Corpus desk

Index EN-revend · revend · English

revend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for revend
PropertyValue
Headwordrevend
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/riˈvɛnd/
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “revend” sits in English frequency

revendfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

revend is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /riˈvɛnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

revend has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French revendre, from Latin revēndere, from re- (“re-: again, back”) + vēndere (“to sell”). Equivalent to re- + vend. The correct English form is revend, spelled R-E-V-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of resell: to sell again.
  2. 2
    Synonym of return: to sell back to the original vendor.

Etymology

From Old French revendre, from Latin revēndere, from re- (“re-: again, back”) + vēndere (“to sell”). Equivalent to re- + vend.

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 "revend"?
"revend" is spelled R-E-V-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /riˈvɛnd/.
What does "revend" mean?
As a verb, "revend" means: Synonym of resell: to sell again.
How do you pronounce "revend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revend" is /riˈvɛnd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "revend"?
From Old French revendre, from Latin revēndere, from re- (“re-: again, back”) + vēndere (“to sell”). Equivalent to re- + vend. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list