reside
re·side/ɹɪˈzaɪd/verb
reside is spelled R-E-S-I-D-E, 2 syllables: re·side. The wrong spelling people search most is recide: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 56 of all searches for the word. Reside is a verb meaning “To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time”.
How many letters and syllables are in reside?
| Letters | 6: R-E-S-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·side |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, recide, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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); 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 reside?
Reside is spelled R-E-S-I-D-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 56 of the searches for reside 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 reside?
Reside appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 reside?
- UK /ɹɪˈzaɪd/
- US /ɹɪˈzaɪd/
- US /ɹəˈzaɪd/
Reside has 2 syllables, split re·side in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-reside.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reside?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as reside from its last stressed vowel (/aɪd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: desire.
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 reside
- resides present, singular, he/she/it
- residing participle, present
- resided participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reside mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
He still resides at his parents' house.
- 2
To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
- 3
To sink; to settle, as sediment.
[…] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reside in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to dwell permanently or for a considerable time:
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 reside come from?
From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).