Which to use
“resist” and “resisted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,163
- “resist” frequency rank
- #12,851
- “resisted” frequency rank
- 18014
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | resist | resisted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To attempt to counter the actions or effects of. | simple past and past participle of resist |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set resist and resisted apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. resist (/ɹɪˈzɪst/) and resisted (/ɹɪˈzɪstɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “resist” sits inside “resisted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
resist is recorded at frequency rank #5,163, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈzɪst/. resisted is at rank #12,851, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈzɪstɪd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18014, this pair ranks #447,688 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of resist vs resisted
Shared letters: eirst. Private to "resist": -. Private to "resisted": d.
"resist" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "resisted" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC