# resale

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈriːseɪl/ · frequency rank #20,208

## Definitions
1. Sale of something previously bought.
2. The sale by the original seller to another purchaser of goods due to non-payment by original purchaser, often with the original purchaser liable for any shortfall between the original sale price and the price realized by the original seller.

## Etymology
From re- + sale.

## Easily confused with
- **result** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-result)
- **rescue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-rescue)
- **reside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-reside)
- **royale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-royale)
- **retake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-retake)
- **resell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-resell)
- **résumé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-resume)
- **resold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-resold)
- **rustle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-rustle)
- **resolve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-resolve)
- **reshape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-reshape)
- **Rosalie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-rosalie)
- **reusable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-reusable)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-resale)
- **realm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realm-vs-resale)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renal-vs-resale)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-resale)
- **Reade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-resale)
- **recall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-resale)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relate-vs-resale)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ersale`, `reasle`, `resael`, `resalle`, `reslae`, `ressale`, `rresale`, `rseale`

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