resilience

/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/

//ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns// noun

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"resilience" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“resilience” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,410
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

Corpus desk

Index EN-resilience · resilience · English

resilience · rank #13,410 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,410
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH resisting

Nearest frequency peer: resisting (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “resilience”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “resilience” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

resilience vs resilient
80% similar
resilience vs resiliency
90% similar
resilience vs residence
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for resilience
PropertyValue
Headwordresilience
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,410
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “resilience”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).resiliencelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “resisting” (#13,411), “Romanian” (#13,412), “reflective” (#13,407). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “resilience” is #13,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around resilience (IPA /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,410 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for resilience, with forms such as "ersilience", "reislience", and "resiilence". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "resilient", "resiliency", "residence", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + -ence. The correct English form is resilience, spelled R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
  2. 2
    The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
  3. 3
    The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).
  4. 4
    The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how resilience appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Martin Seligman's impressive body of research showed that a pessimistic explanatory style carves a path to depression, while an optimistic explanatory style leads to resilience.
  2. Network Rail previously said it is determined to build upon the "significant changes" it has made since the accident, which have "helped us to manage the risk of severe weather to the network". It has invested millions to improve the resilience of the railway.

Etymology

From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + -ence.

This word in other languages

resiliencia(Español)résilience(Français)Resilienz(Deutsch)resiliência(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ersilience
  • reislience
  • resiilence
  • resileince
  • resiliance
  • resiliecne
  • resiliencce
  • resilienec
  • resiliennce
  • resilinece
  • resillience
  • resliience
  • ressilience
  • rresilience
  • rseilience

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of resilience - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ersilience2reislience2resiilence2resileince2resiliance1resiliecne2resiliencce1resilienec2
Edit distance from "resilience"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resilience"?
"resilience" is spelled R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/.
What does "resilience" mean?
As a noun, "resilience" means: The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
What words are commonly confused with "resilience"?
"resilience" is commonly confused with "resilient", "resiliency", "residence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resilience"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resilience" is /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "resilience"?
From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + -ence. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "resilience", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reflective#13,407prostitute#13,406projecting#13,405similarity#13,425

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

installment15 variantsbrightness15 variantsdiscounted15 variantsGeorgetown15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list