# reluctant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪˈlʌktənt/ · frequency rank #9,522

## Definitions
1. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling to do something.
2. Contrary; defiant; refractory.
3. Tending to match as little text as possible.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin reluctāns, present participle of reluctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”).

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

## Common misspellings (14)
`erluctant`, `relcutant`, `relluctant`, `relucatnt`, `relucctant`, `reluctannt`, `reluctantt`, `reluctatn`, `reluctnat`, `relucttant`, `relutcant`, `reulctant`, `rleuctant`, `rreluctant`

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