resonance
/ˈɹɛzənəns/
"resonance" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“resonance” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,131 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,131
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being resonant.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | resonance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛzənəns/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “resonance” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for resonance is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɛzənəns/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,131 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for resonance, with forms such as "ersonance", "reosnance", and "resnoance". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "resonate", "resonant", "refinance", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“I resound”). The correct English form is resonance, spelled R-E-S-O-N-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The quality of being resonant.
- 2A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
- 3The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
- 4Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.
- 5The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
- 6A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.
- 7An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
- 8The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
- 9An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.
- 10The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.
- 11A quality of human relationship with the world.
Etymology
From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“I resound”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ersonance,reosnance,resnoance,resoannce,resonacne,resonancce,resonanec,resonannce,resonence,resonnace,resonnance,ressonance,rresonance,rseonance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of resonance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “resonance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-S-O-N-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹɛzənəns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “resonate” - see the side-by-side comparison. resonance vs resonate
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.