rewriting
noun, verb
rewriting is spelled R-E-W-R-I-T-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rewriting means “The process or result of writing again; a rewrite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rewriting is rewritings.
How many letters and syllables are in rewriting?
| Letters | 9: R-E-W-R-I-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is rewriting?
Rewriting appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 rewriting?
- US
Rewriting has 3 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)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-rewriting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rewriting
- rewritings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rewriting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process or result of writing again; a rewrite.
- 2
Any of wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of rewrite
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rewriting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réécriture , réécrivant |
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.