rewind
re·wind/ɹiːˈwaɪnd/verb, noun
rewind is spelled R-E-W-I-N-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables (re·wind). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rewind means “To wind (something) again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rewind?
| Letters | 6: R-E-W-I-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·wind |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 rewind?
Rewind appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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 rewind?
- UK /ɹiːˈwaɪnd/
Rewind has 2 syllables, split re·wind in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rewind.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rewind?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rewind from its last stressed vowel (/aɪnd/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: winder.
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 rewind
- rewinds present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- rewinding participle, present
- rewound participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rewind mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To wind (something) again.
- 2
To wind back, of something clocklike or recordlike, like a cassette, tape, film; especially to then replay or relive.
Let's rewind the clock to an earlier time.
- 3
To regress the state of playback of a recording.
I've rewound the audiobook to the start of the chapter.
- 4
To go back or think back to a previous moment or place, or a previous point in a discourse.
noun
- 1
The act of rewinding.
- 2
A button or other mechanism for rewinding.
I meant to pause the picture, but hit the rewind by mistake.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate rewind?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of rewind: RWD, rew.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rewind in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to wind again:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rembobiner |
| German | zurückspulen |
| Portuguese | rebobinar |
| Spanish | rebobinar |
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 rewind come from?
From re- + wind.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).