resource

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The verdict

“resource” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,595
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ressource

Corpus desk

Index DE-resource · resource · German

resource · rank #39,595 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,595
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reporting

Nearest frequency peer: reporting (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „resource“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „resource“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

resource vs Ressource
78% similar
resource vs Ressourcen
70% similar
resource vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for resource
PropertyValue
Headwordresource
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,595
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „resource“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).resourceliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „reporting“ (#39,594), „riskante“ (#39,596), „Rentnern“ (#39,593). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „resource“ bei #39,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around resource (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,595 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ressource".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for resource, with forms such as "ersource", "reosurce", and "resoruce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ressource", "Ressourcen", "TO", and more, 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. The correct German form is resource, spelled R-E-S-O-U-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ressource

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how resource appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We have not much resources in our country.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ersource
  • reosurce
  • resoruce
  • resoucre
  • resourcce
  • resourec
  • resourrce
  • resuorce
  • rresource
  • rseource

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of resource - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ersource2reosurce2resoruce2resoucre2resourcce1resourec2resourrce1resuorce2
Edit distance from "resource"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resource"?
"resource" is spelled R-E-S-O-U-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "resource" mean?
As a noun, "resource" means: Ressource
What words are commonly confused with "resource"?
"resource" is commonly confused with "Ressource", "Ressourcen", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resource"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resource" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resource" come from?
"resource" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "resource", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

riskante#39,596Rentnern#39,593saisonal#39,602sandigen#39,604

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Pupillen10 variantsPassant10 variantsSievers10 variantsOakland10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list