# persistent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɚˈsɪstənt/ · frequency rank #8,329

## Definitions
1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
2. Insistently repetitive.
3. Indefinitely continuous.
4. Lasting past maturity without falling off.
5. Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
6. Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
7. non-transient.

## Etymology
From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surface analysis, persist + -ent.

## Easily confused with
- **persisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/persistent-vs-persisting)
- **persistently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/persistent-vs-persistently)
- **persisted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/persisted-vs-persistent)
- **persistence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/persistence-vs-persistent)

## Common misspellings (16)
`eprsistent`, `perisstent`, `perrsistent`, `persisetnt`, `persisstent`, `persistennt`, `persistentt`, `persistetn`, `persistnet`, `persisttent`, `persitsent`, `perssistent`, `perssitent`, `pesristent`, `ppersistent`, `presistent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/persistent