# resplendent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/ · frequency rank #43,345

## Definitions
1. Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
2. Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.
3. Magnificent; glorious; splendid; marked by extraordinary excellence or beauty.
4. Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

## Etymology
From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend + -ent, from Latin resplendere (“to shine back, glitter”).

## Easily confused with
- **respondent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resplendent-vs-respondent)

## Common misspellings (18)
`ersplendent`, `repslendent`, `reslpendent`, `respelndent`, `resplednent`, `resplenddent`, `resplendennt`, `resplendentt`, `resplendetn`, `resplendnet`, `resplenednt`, `resplenndent`, `respllendent`, `resplnedent`, `respplendent`, `ressplendent`, `rresplendent`, `rseplendent`

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