# reside

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈzaɪd/ · frequency rank #11,781

## Definitions
1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).

## Easily confused with
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-ride)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-resin)
- **Rosie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-rosie)
- **resist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-resist)
- **retire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-retire)
- **resign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-resign)
- **revive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-revive)
- **revise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-revise)
- **résumé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-resume)
- **residue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-residue)
- **respite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-respite)
- **resident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-resident)
- **Reid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reid-vs-reside)
- **Reade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-reside)
- **rescue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rescue-vs-reside)
- **regime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regime-vs-reside)
- **recipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recipe-vs-reside)
- **recite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recite-vs-reside)
- **refine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refine-vs-reside)
- **resale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-reside)

## Common misspellings (8)
`erside`, `reisde`, `resdie`, `residde`, `resied`, `resside`, `rreside`, `rseide`

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