# resurrection

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/ · frequency rank #10,271

## Definitions
1. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
2. The general resurrection.
3. A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
4. The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).

## Etymology
From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“I rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“I rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ersurrection`, `resrurection`, `ressurrection`, `resurection`, `resurerction`, `resurrcetion`, `resurrecction`, `resurreciton`, `resurrecsion`, `resurrectino`, `resurrectionn`, `resurrectoin`, `resurrecttion`, `resurretcion`, `reusrrection`, `rresurrection`, `rseurrection`

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