rewrite
/ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/noun, verb
rewrite is spelled R-E-W-R-I-T-E. The wrong spelling people search most is rewriet: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 909 of all searches for the word. Rewrite is a noun meaning “The act of writing again or anew”. The plural of rewrite is rewrites.
How many letters and syllables are in rewrite?
| Letters | 7: R-E-W-R-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, rewriet, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell rewrite?
Rewrite is spelled R-E-W-R-I-T-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 939 of the searches for rewrite in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is rewrite?
Rewrite appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th 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 rewrite?
- UK /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/
- US /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/
As a verb (“To write again, differently; to modify; to revise”): /ɹiːˈɹaɪt/, /ɹiˈɹaɪt/.
Rewrite has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rewrite_(noun).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rewrite_(verb).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with rewrite
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: re-write (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of rewrite
- rewrites plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rewriting participle, present
- rewrote past
- rewritten participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rewrite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of writing again or anew.
The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.
- 2
Something that has been written again.
- 3
The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
verb
- 1
To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.
- 2
To write again (without changes).
- 3
To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rewrite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réécrire, récrire |
| German | umschreiben , neu schreiben |
| Portuguese | reescrever, reformular |
| Spanish | reescribir |
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 rewrite come from?
From re- + write.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).