# residence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/ · frequency rank #3,904

## Definitions
1. The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
2. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
3. The place where a corporation is established.
4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
5. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
6. The place where anything rests permanently.
7. Subsidence, as of a sediment
8. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
9. Synonym of rezidentura.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence.

## Easily confused with
- **resident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/residence-vs-resident)
- **residents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/residence-vs-residents)
- **residency** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/residence-vs-residency)
- **reticence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/residence-vs-reticence)
- **resilience** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/residence-vs-resilience)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ersidence`, `reisdence`, `resdience`, `residance`, `residdence`, `residecne`, `residencce`, `residenec`, `residennce`, `residnece`, `resiednce`, `ressidence`, `rresidence`, `rseidence`

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