resile
/ɹəˈzaɪl/verb
resile is spelled R-E-S-I-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, resile means “To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in resile?
| Letters | 6: R-E-S-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is resile?
Resile appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 resile?
- UK /ɹɪˈzaɪl/
- US /ɹəˈzaɪl/
- US /ɹiˈzaɪl/
Resile has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-resile.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with resile?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as resile from its last stressed vowel (/aɪl/):
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 resile
- resiles present, singular, he/she/it
- resiling participle, present
- resiled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.
- 2
To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to start back; recoil:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | retroceder |
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 resile come from?
From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“to jump”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).