# resistive

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #46,734

## Definitions
1. Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.
2. Acting as a resistor; resisting the passage of electrical current.
3. Of an electronic circuit: consisting only of resistors and power sources; having no inductance and capacitance.

## Etymology
From resist + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **resisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resisting-vs-resistive)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ersistive`, `reisstive`, `resisitve`, `resisstive`, `resistiev`, `resistivve`, `resisttive`, `resistvie`, `resitsive`, `ressistive`, `ressitive`, `rresistive`, `rseistive`

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