# rewind

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹiːˈwaɪnd/ · frequency rank #21,343

## Definitions
1. To wind (something) again.
2. To wind (something) back, now especially of a cassette or a video tape, CD, DVD etc.; to go back on a video or audio recording.
3. To go back or think back to a previous moment or place, or a previous point in a discourse.

## Etymology
From re- + wind.

## Easily confused with
- **rind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rewind-vs-rind)
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rewind-vs-rowing)
- **Reid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reid-vs-rewind)
- **rein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rein-vs-rewind)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resin-vs-rewind)
- **reins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reins-vs-rewind)
- **remind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remind-vs-rewind)
- **reward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reward-vs-rewind)
- **refund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-rewind)
- **regina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regina-vs-rewind)
- **retina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retina-vs-rewind)
- **refine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refine-vs-rewind)
- **remand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-rewind)
- **refined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refined-vs-rewind)
- **rescind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rescind-vs-rewind)

## Common misspellings (9)
`erwind`, `reiwnd`, `rewidn`, `rewindd`, `rewinnd`, `rewnid`, `rewwind`, `rrewind`, `rweind`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rewind