resista

Name: resista, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[reˈsist̪a]

/[reˈsist̪a]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“resista” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,963
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,151
“R” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de resistir o de resistirse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-resista · resista · Spanish

resista · rank #31,963 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #31,963
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 4,151
PHOTO-FINISH reserve

Nearest frequency peer: reserve (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

repetitivo

68,041
reserve

68,039
resista

68,038
rest

68,037
retienen

68,036
retorcido

68,035

What this shows “resista” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

resista vs resta

71% similar

resista vs revisa

71% similar

resista vs Rosita

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for resista
Property	Value
Headword	resista
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[reˈsist̪a]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#31,963
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “resista”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).resistacae aquí:

#31,963

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “reserve” (#31,962), “rest” (#31,964), “retienen” (#31,965). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “resista” va en #31,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around resista (IPA [reˈsist̪a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,963 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for resista, with forms such as "ersista", "recista", and "reissta". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "resta", "revisa", "Rosita", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is resista, spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-A.

Definition

1
Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de resistir o de resistirse.
2
Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de resistir o de resistirse.
3
Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de resistir o del imperativo negativo de resistirse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ersista
recista
reissta
resisat
resissta
resistta
resitsa
ressista
ressita
rresista
rseista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of resista - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "resista"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resista"?

"resista" is spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈsist̪a].

What does "resista" mean?

As a verb, "resista" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de resistir o de resistirse.

What words are commonly confused with "resista"?

"resista" is commonly confused with "resta", "revisa", "Rosita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "resista"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resista" is [reˈsist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "resista" come from?

"resista" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "resista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reserve#31,962 Russian#31,970 salidos#31,972 rabioso#31,947

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

repetirá11 variants sagrario11 variants saquemos11 variants soluble11 variants