# reluctance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈlʌktəns/ · frequency rank #16,784

## Definitions
1. Unwillingness to do something.
2. Hesitancy in taking some action.
3. Defiance, disobedience.
4. That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

## Etymology
From reluct + -ance.

## Easily confused with
- **reluctant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reluctance-vs-reluctant)

## Common misspellings (16)
`erluctance`, `relcutance`, `relluctance`, `relucatnce`, `relucctance`, `reluctacne`, `reluctancce`, `reluctanec`, `reluctannce`, `reluctence`, `reluctnace`, `relucttance`, `relutcance`, `reulctance`, `rleuctance`, `rreluctance`

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