# resting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,477

## Definitions
1. The action of rest
2. A place where one can rest; a resting place.
3. A pause; a break; an interlude.

## Easily confused with
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rising)
- **retina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-retina)
- **Reston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-reston)
- **rushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rushing)
- **risking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-risking)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rooting)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-routing)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rotting)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rusting)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-reusing)
- **revving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-revving)
- **roasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-roasting)
- **rustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rustling)
- **Riesling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-riesling)
- **resulting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-resulting)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resin-vs-resting)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rating-vs-resting)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-resting)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-resting)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-resting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ersting`, `resitng`, `ressting`, `restign`, `restingg`, `restinng`, `restnig`, `restting`, `retsing`, `rresting`, `rseting`

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