# résumé

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛz.(j)ʊˌmeɪ/ · frequency rank #35,924

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of resume (“a summary, especially of employment history”).

## Etymology
Borrowed from French résumé, past participle of résumer (“to summarize”), from Latin resūmere (“to take back”); compare resume.

## Easily confused with
- **reuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resume-vs-reuse)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resume-vs-revue)
- **resumed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resume-vs-resumed)
- **result** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/result-vs-resume)
- **reduce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reduce-vs-resume)
- **rescue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rescue-vs-resume)
- **refuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuse-vs-resume)
- **regime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regime-vs-resume)
- **refuge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuge-vs-resume)
- **reside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-resume)
- **resale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resale-vs-resume)
- **rename** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rename-vs-resume)
- **refute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-resume)
- **rebuke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebuke-vs-resume)
- **repute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repute-vs-resume)

## Common misspellings (8)
`rrésumé`, `rséumé`, `résmué`, `réssumé`, `résummé`, `résuém`, `réusmé`, `érsumé`

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