resting-place

noun

"resting-place" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“resting-place” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of resting place.

Corpus desk

Index EN-resting-place · resting-place · English

resting-place · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for resting-place
PropertyValue
Headwordresting-place
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “resting-place” in English

resting-placeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

resting-place is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of resting place.".

Zero misspellings are on record for resting-place in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English restyng place, restingplace, rystynge-place, restynge place, equivalent to resting + place. The correct English form is resting-place, spelled R-E-S-T-I-N-G---P-L-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of resting place.

Etymology

From Middle English restyng place, restingplace, rystynge-place, restynge place, equivalent to resting + place.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resting-place"?
"resting-place" is spelled R-E-S-T-I-N-G---P-L-A-C-E.
What does "resting-place" mean?
As a noun, "resting-place" means: Alternative form of resting place.
What is the origin of the word "resting-place"?
From Middle English restyng place, restingplace, rystynge-place, restynge place, equivalent to resting + place. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list