resemblance
re·sem·blance/ɹəˈzɛmbləns/noun
resemblance is spelled R-E-S-E-M-B-L-A-N-C-E, 3 syllables: re·sem·blance. The wrong spelling people search most is resemblence: about 70 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Resemblance is a noun meaning “The quality or state of resembling”. The plural of resemblance is resemblances.
How many letters and syllables are in resemblance?
| Letters | 11: R-E-S-E-M-B-L-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·sem·blance |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, resemblence, about 70 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell resemblance?
Resemblance is spelled R-E-S-E-M-B-L-A-N-C-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for resemblance in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is resemblance?
Resemblance appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th 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).
How do you pronounce resemblance?
- UK /ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/
- US /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/
Resemblance has 3 syllables, split re·sem·blance in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resemblance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with resemblance?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as resemblance from its last stressed vowel (/ɛmbləns/):
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 resemblance
- resemblances plural
- resemblaunce
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resemblance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality or state of resembling.
- 2
That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
- 3
A comparison; a simile.
- 4
Probability; verisimilitude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resemblance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ressemblance , comparaison , probabilité |
| German | Ähnlichkeit |
| Portuguese | semelhança |
| Spanish | semejanza, parecido, resemblanza |
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 resemblance come from?
From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). Morphologically resemble + -ance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).