resort

/[reˈsoɾt̪]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,212

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

resort is aSpanishnoun. It means: Complejo turístico para descanso y ocio. Pronounced [reˈsoɾt̪]. Often confused with rest and resorte.

Key facts for resort
PropertyValue
Headwordresort
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈsoɾt̪]
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,212
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for resort is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈsoɾt̪]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,212 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Complejo turístico para descanso y ocio.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for resort, with forms such as "ersort", "reosrt", and "resorrt". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "rest", "resorte", "resortes", 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 resort, spelled R-E-S-O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Complejo turístico para descanso y ocio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersort,reosrt,resorrt,resortt,resotr,resrot,ressort,rresort,rseort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for resort

Misspelling Variants of "resort"

ersort6reosrt6resorrt7resortt7resotr6resrot6ressort7rresort7
Misspelling Variants of "resort"

Frequency rank: #23,212 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resort"?
"resort" is spelled R-E-S-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈsoɾt̪].
What does "resort" mean?
As a noun, "resort" means: Complejo turístico para descanso y ocio.
What words are commonly confused with "resort"?
"resort" is commonly confused with "rest", "resorte", "resortes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resort" is [reˈsoɾt̪]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resort" come from?
"resort" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Spanish index:

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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.