residential
/ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/
"residential" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“residential” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,115
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | residential |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “residential” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around residential (IPA /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,115 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for residential, with forms such as "ersidential", "reisdential", and "resdiential". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is residential, spelled R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
- 2Used as a residence or by residents.
- 3Of or pertaining to residency.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersidential
- reisdential
- resdiential
- residdential
- residenital
- residenntial
- residentail
- residentiall
- residentila
- residenttial
- residetnial
- residnetial
- resiedntial
- ressidential
- rresidential
- rseidential
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of residential - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “residential”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.