non-resident

noun

"non-resident" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“non-resident” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person living in a country who is no legal permanent resident.

Corpus desk

Index EN-non-resident · non-resident · English

non-resident · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for non-resident
PropertyValue
Headwordnon-resident
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “non-resident” in English

non-residentranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

non-resident is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for non-resident in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + resident. The correct English form is non-resident, spelled N-O-N---R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person living in a country who is no legal permanent resident.
  2. 2
    one who is not a resident; an alien; a foreigner.

Etymology

From non- + resident.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "non-resident"?
"non-resident" is spelled N-O-N---R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T.
What does "non-resident" mean?
As a noun, "non-resident" means: A person living in a country who is no legal permanent resident.
What is the origin of the word "non-resident"?
From non- + resident. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list