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resurge

/rɪˈsɜːd͡ʒ/verb, noun

resurge is spelled R-E-S-U-R-G-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, resurge means “To rise again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in resurge?

Letters7: R-E-S-U-R-G-E
In writingabout once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is resurge?

Resurge appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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).

How do you pronounce resurge?

  • /rɪˈsɜːd͡ʒ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resurge.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of resurge

  • resurges present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • resurging participle, present
  • resurged participle, past

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

What does resurge mean?

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

verb

  1. 1

    To rise again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality.

noun

  1. 1

    A resurgence.

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

Resurge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Translations:

LanguageWords
Spanishresurgir

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.

Where does resurge come from?

Borrowed from Latin resurgō (“rise again”).

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

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