resistent

/[ʁezɪsˈtɛnt]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,784

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

resistent is anGermanadj. It means: gegen negative Einflüsse widerstandsfähig Pronounced [ʁezɪsˈtɛnt]. Often confused with Resistenz and reisten.

Key facts for resistent
PropertyValue
Headwordresistent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʁezɪsˈtɛnt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,784
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of resistent in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for resistent is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁezɪsˈtɛnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,784 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gegen negative Einflüsse widerstandsfähig".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for resistent, with forms such as "ersistent", "reisstent", and "resisetnt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Resistenz", "reisten", "resident", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is resistent, spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gegen negative Einflüsse widerstandsfähig

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersistent,reisstent,resisetnt,resisstent,resistennt,resistentt,resistetn,resistnet,resisttent,resitsent,ressistent,ressitent,rresistent,rseistent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for resistent

Misspelling Variants of "resistent"

ersistent9reisstent9resisetnt9resisstent10resistennt10resistentt10resistetn9resistnet9
Misspelling Variants of "resistent"

Frequency rank: #33,784 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resistent"?
"resistent" is spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁezɪsˈtɛnt].
What does "resistent" mean?
As an adj, "resistent" means: gegen negative Einflüsse widerstandsfähig
What words are commonly confused with "resistent"?
"resistent" is commonly confused with "Resistenz", "reisten", "resident". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resistent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resistent" is [ʁezɪsˈtɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resistent" come from?
"resistent" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.