resect
verb
resect is spelled R-E-S-E-C-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, resect means “To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in resect?
| Letters | 6: R-E-S-E-C-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is resect?
Resect appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with resect?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as resect.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: secret, certes.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of resect
- resects present, singular, he/she/it
- resecting participle, present
- resected participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resect mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resect in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense remove part of an organ surgically:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | resektieren, herausschneiden |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does resect come from?
Borrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn from re- + secare (“to cut”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).