# resource

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ · frequency rank #3,720

## Definitions
1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
3. Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
4. Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.

## Easily confused with
- **resources** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resource-vs-resources)
- **recourse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recourse-vs-resource)
- **renounce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renounce-vs-resource)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ersource`, `reosurce`, `resoruce`, `resoucre`, `resourcce`, `resourec`, `resourrce`, `ressource`, `resuorce`, `rresource`, `rseource`

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