# reserve

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈzɝv/ · frequency rank #2,496

## Definitions
1. A restriction.
2. A restriction.
3. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
4. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
5. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
6. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
7. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
8. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
9. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
10. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
11. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
12. Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
13. Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
14. In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
15. A resist.
16. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

## Etymology
From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).

## Easily confused with
- **revere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reserve-vs-revere)
- **reverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reserve-vs-reverse)
- **resolve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reserve-vs-resolve)
- **reverie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reserve-vs-reverie)
- **reserves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reserve-vs-reserves)
- **reserved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reserve-vs-reserved)
- **reeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeve-vs-reserve)
- **receive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receive-vs-reserve)
- **referee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/referee-vs-reserve)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erserve`, `reesrve`, `reserev`, `reserrve`, `reservve`, `resevre`, `resreve`, `resserve`, `rreserve`, `rseerve`

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