resettlement
noun
resettlement is spelled R-E-S-E-T-T-L-E-M-E-N-T: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, resettlement means “The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of resettlement is resettlements.
How many letters and syllables are in resettlement?
| Letters | 12: R-E-S-E-T-T-L-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is resettlement?
Resettlement appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 resettlement?
- US
Resettlement has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-resettlement.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of resettlement
- resettlements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resettlement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resettlement in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the transportation of a group of people to a new settlement:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Umsiedlung |
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 resettlement come from?
From re- + settlement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).