# resistance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/ · frequency rank #2,756

## Definitions
1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
2. A force that tends to oppose motion.
3. Electrical resistance.
4. A resistor.
5. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

## Etymology
From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.

## Easily confused with
- **resistant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resistance-vs-resistant)
- **remittance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remittance-vs-resistance)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ersistance`, `reisstance`, `resisatnce`, `resisstance`, `resistacne`, `resistancce`, `resistanec`, `resistannce`, `resistence`, `resistnace`, `resisttance`, `resitsance`, `ressistance`, `ressitance`, `rresistance`, `rseistance`

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