resistor
/ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/noun
resistor is spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, resistor means “One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of resistor is resistors.
How many letters and syllables are in resistor?
| Letters | 8: R-E-S-I-S-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 resistor?
Resistor appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 resistor?
- UK /ɹɪˈzɪstə/
- US /ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/
Resistor has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-resistor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with resistor?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as resistor from its last stressed vowel (/ɪstəɹ/):
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 resistor
- resistors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resistor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
- 2
An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resistor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | résistant , résistance, résistor |
| German | Widerstandskämpfer, Widerständler , Widerstand |
| Portuguese | resistente , resistor |
| Spanish | resistencia, resistor |
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 resistor come from?
From resist + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).