# resort

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈzɔːt/ · frequency rank #3,841

## Definitions
1. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
2. Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
3. A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
4. A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

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

## Easily confused with
- **rest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-rest)
- **result** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-result)
- **revolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-revolt)
- **revert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-revert)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-retort)
- **rework** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-rework)
- **restore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-restore)
- **restart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-restart)
- **resorted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-resorted)
- **reset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reset-vs-resort)
- **report** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/report-vs-resort)
- **record** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-resort)
- **reform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-resort)
- **resist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resist-vs-resort)
- **repost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repost-vs-resort)
- **reboot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reboot-vs-resort)
- **reborn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reborn-vs-resort)
- **resent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-resort)
- **resold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resold-vs-resort)
- **reports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reports-vs-resort)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ersort`, `reosrt`, `resorrt`, `resortt`, `resotr`, `resrot`, `ressort`, `rresort`, `rseort`

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