rewound
/ɹiːˈwaʊnd/
"rewound" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rewound” is uncommon English (frequency #87,760 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,760
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of rewind
Corpus desk
Index EN-rewound · rewound · English
rewound · rank #87,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,760
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH revitalisation
Nearest frequency peer: revitalisation (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rewound”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- reversibly
reversibly
12,244 corpus weight
- revitalisat…
revitalisation
12,242 corpus weight
- rewound
rewound
12,241 corpus weight
- Rials
Rials
12,240 corpus weight
- Rickles
Rickles
12,239 corpus weight
- rocketeer
rocketeer
12,232 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rewound” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rewound |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈwaʊnd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rewound” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rewound is uncommon English at frequency #87,760 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹiːˈwaʊnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of rewind".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rewound, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is rewound, spelled R-E-W-O-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of rewind
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.