rezone
verb
rezone is a verb meaning “to change the zoning assigned to a piece of property by the planning and zoning commission of a government that determines proper and legal use for…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-Z-O-N-E, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rezone mean?
verb
- 1
to change the zoning assigned to a piece of property by the planning and zoning commission of a government that determines proper and legal use for land.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rezone
- rezones present, singular, he/she/it
- rezoning participle, present
- rezoned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rezone?
Rezone appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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).
Rezone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to change the zoning assigned to a piece of property:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | redécouper |
| Spanish | rezonificar |
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 rezone come from?
From re- + zone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).