respell
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A child is learning to spell, but no special pains are taken to make him respell, and respell, until spelled aright, every misspelled word."
- "It may be hardly necessary to respell most of the words of this class in order to give their pronunciation, as, in their common orthography, they are naturally pronounced correctly, with the appropriate sound of the g."
Etymology
1806, re- + spell.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: re