residencia

/[resiˈð̞ẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,685

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

residencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y efecto de residir o residenciarse Pronounced [resiˈð̞ẽnsja]. It ranks #2,685 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with reticencia and resistencia.

Key facts for residencia
PropertyValue
Headwordresidencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[resiˈð̞ẽnsja]
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,685
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of residencia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for residencia is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [resiˈð̞ẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,685 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for residencia, with forms such as "ersidencia", "recidencia", and "reisdencia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "reticencia", "resistencia", "resiliencia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is residencia, spelled R-E-S-I-D-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de residir o residenciarse
  2. 2
    Población o edificio en que se reside
  3. 3
    Alojamiento colectivo para huéspedes estables, en especial los de una misma condición.
  4. 4
    Proceso judicial que antiguamente se formaba contra un funcionario público al fin del ejercicio de su gestión para evaluar la misma
  5. 5
    Servicio de prácticas que, como parte de su especialización, presta un médico recién licenciado en un hospital antes de poder ejercer independientemente

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersidencia,recidencia,reisdencia,resdiencia,residdencia,residecnia,residencai,residenccia,residenica,residenncia,residensia,residnecia,resiedncia,ressidencia,rresidencia,rseidencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for residencia

Misspelling Variants of "residencia"

ersidencia10recidencia10reisdencia10resdiencia10residdencia11residecnia10residencai10residenccia11
Misspelling Variants of "residencia"

Frequency rank: #2,685 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "residencia"?
"residencia" is spelled R-E-S-I-D-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [resiˈð̞ẽnsja].
What does "residencia" mean?
As a noun, "residencia" means: Acción y efecto de residir o residenciarse
What words are commonly confused with "residencia"?
"residencia" is commonly confused with "reticencia", "resistencia", "resiliencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "residencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "residencia" is [resiˈð̞ẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "residencia" come from?
"residencia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.