resident

//ˈɹɛz.ɪ.d(ə)nt// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,761

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

resident is aSpanishnoun. It means: Residente, vecino. Pronounced /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.d(ə)nt/. Often confused with residente and residentes.

Key facts for resident
PropertyValue
Headwordresident
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɹɛz.ɪ.d(ə)nt/
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,761
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for resident is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.d(ə)nt/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,761 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for resident, with forms such as "ersident", "recident", and "reisdent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "residente", "residentes", "reside", and more, 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 resident, spelled R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Residente, vecino.
  2. 2
    Huésped.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersident,recident,reisdent,resdient,residdent,residennt,residentt,residetn,residnet,resiednt,ressident,rresident,rseident

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for resident

Misspelling Variants of "resident"

ersident8recident8reisdent8resdient8residdent9residennt9residentt9residetn8
Misspelling Variants of "resident"

Frequency rank: #27,761 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resident"?
"resident" is spelled R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.d(ə)nt/.
What does "resident" mean?
As a noun, "resident" means: Residente, vecino.
What words are commonly confused with "resident"?
"resident" is commonly confused with "residente", "residentes", "reside". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resident"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resident" is /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.d(ə)nt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resident" come from?
"resident" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.