resisten

/[reˈsist̪ẽn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,497

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

resisten is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resistir o de resistirse. Pronounced [reˈsist̪ẽn]. Often confused with revisen and resisto.

Key facts for resisten
PropertyValue
Headwordresisten
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reˈsist̪ẽn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,497
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for resisten is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈsist̪ẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,497 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resistir o de resistirse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for resisten, with forms such as "ersisten", "recisten", and "reissten". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "revisen", "resisto", "reviste", 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 resisten, spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resistir o de resistirse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersisten,recisten,reissten,resisetn,resissten,resistenn,resistne,resistten,resitsen,ressisten,ressiten,rresisten,rseisten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for resisten

Misspelling Variants of "resisten"

ersisten8recisten8reissten8resisetn8resissten9resistenn9resistne8resistten9
Misspelling Variants of "resisten"

Frequency rank: #20,497 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resisten"?
"resisten" is spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈsist̪ẽn].
What does "resisten" mean?
As a verb, "resisten" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resistir o de resistirse.
What words are commonly confused with "resisten"?
"resisten" is commonly confused with "revisen", "resisto", "reviste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resisten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resisten" is [reˈsist̪ẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resisten" come from?
"resisten" 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.