reseda
/ɹɪˈsiːdə/
"reseda" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reseda” is uncommon English (frequency #83,678 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,678
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reseda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈsiːdə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reseda” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reseda is uncommon English at frequency #83,678 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹɪˈsiːdə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
reseda doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“again”) + sēdāre (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant. The correct English form is reseda, spelled R-E-S-E-D-A.
Definition
- 1Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata).
- 2Mignonette (Reseda odorata).
- 3A pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.
Etymology
From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“again”) + sēdāre (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “reseda”
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- The one correct English spelling is R-E-S-E-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.