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resort

/ɹɪˈzɔɹt/noun, verb

resort is spelled R-E-S-O-R-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,814th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, resort means “A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of resort is resorts.

How many letters and syllables are in resort?

Letters6: R-E-S-O-R-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing23 times per million words; the 3,814th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

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 resort?

Resort appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,814th 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 resort?

  • UK /ɹɪˈzɔːt/
  • US /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/

As a verb (“Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred…”): /ˌɹiːˈsɔ(ɹ)t/.

Resort has 2 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: En-us-resort.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with resort

Also written: re-sort (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with resort?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as resort from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹt/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: roster, storer, sorter.

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 resort

  • resorts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • resorting participle, present
  • resorted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does resort mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

  2. 2

    Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).

    to have resort to violence

  3. 3

    obsoleteA place where one goes habitually; a haunt.

  4. 4

    A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

  5. 5

    Alternative spelling of re-sort.

    "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1.

  6. 6

    obsoleteActive power or movement; spring.

verb

  1. 1

    To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.

  2. 2

    To fall back; to revert.

  3. 3

    To make one's way, go (to).

  4. 4

    Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Resort in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchlieu de vacances, resort (a relaxing environment for people on vacation), sortie, recours (something or someone turned to for safety), recourir (à) (to have recourse out of necessity or frustration)
GermanKurort, Resort, Ferienort (a relaxing environment for people on vacation), Ausweg, Zuflucht (something or someone turned to for safety), zurückgreifen (to have recourse out of necessity or frustration)
Portugueseresort, estância (a relaxing environment for people on vacation), refúgio (something or someone turned to for safety), apelar (to have recourse out of necessity or frustration), recorrer (to fall back)
Spanishestación turística, complejo vacacional, resort, recinto turístico, centro turístico (a relaxing environment for people on vacation), recurso (something or someone turned to for safety)

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 resort come from?

From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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