# rework

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiːwɜː(ɹ)k/ · frequency rank #33,399

## Definitions
1. The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
2. Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
3. Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
4. Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
5. An instance of reworking.

## Etymology
From re- + work.

## Easily confused with
- **report** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/report-vs-rework)
- **record** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-rework)
- **reform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-rework)
- **resort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-rework)
- **reward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reward-vs-rework)
- **remark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-rework)
- **reborn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reborn-vs-rework)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retort-vs-rework)

## Common misspellings (9)
`erwork`, `reowrk`, `rewokr`, `reworkk`, `reworrk`, `rewrok`, `rewwork`, `rrework`, `rweork`

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