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resp

adjective, noun, verb

resp is spelled R-E-S-P: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, resp means “Respiratory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in resp?

Letters4: R-E-S-P
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 resp?

Resp appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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).

What rhymes with resp?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as resp.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: reps, pres, pers.

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 resp

  • resps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • resping participle, present
  • resped participle, past

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

What does resp mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialRespiratory.

    resp rate

  2. 2

    responsible

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialRespirology or respiratory medicine.

    resp review

  2. 2

    Clipping of response.

noun

as RESP
  1. 1

    CanadaAcronym of registered education savings plan, an investment vehicle allowing caregivers to save for their children's post-secondary education, offering subsidies and potential tax advantages.

verb

  1. 1

    ScotlandAlternative form of risp.

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

Resp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense registered education savings plan:

LanguageWords
FrenchREEE

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.

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