rez
/ɹɛz/noun, verb
rez is a noun meaning “Clipping of reservation or reserve (semiautonomous Indigenous territory)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-Z, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rez is rezes or rezzes.
What does rez mean?
noun
- 1
CanadaUSinformalClipping of reservation or reserve (semiautonomous Indigenous territory).
- 2
CanadaslangClipping of residence; dormitory.
- 3
Clipping of resonance.
- 4
Clipping of resurrection.
- 5
Clipping of resolution.
verb
- 1
Clipping of resurrect.
- 2
To spawn or load into the game.
Don't rez some enormous prop: it'll lag the server!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rez?
- /ɹɛz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-rez.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rez
- rezes plural
- rezzes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rezs present, singular, he/she/it
- rezing participle, present
- rezzing participle, present
- rezed participle, past
- rezzed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rez?
Rez appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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).
Words people confuse with rez
Also written: residence.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).