résistance
\ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“résistance” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,935 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,935
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité par laquelle un corps résiste à l’action d’un autre corps.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | résistance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “résistance” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for résistance is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,935 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 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 résistance, with forms such as "resistance", "rrésistance", and "rséistance". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "résistant", "résistants", "résistante", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is résistance, spelled R-É-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Qualité par laquelle un corps résiste à l’action d’un autre corps.
- 2La force opposée par un corps aux diverses actions qui s’exercent sur lui.
- 3Grandeur caractérisant la solidité : tenue d’une pièce à une force, d’un matériau à une contrainte mécanique sans rupture ou endommagement.
- 4Opposition de certains corps au passage d’un courant électrique.
- 5Élément d’un circuit électrique qui remplit cette fonction.
- 6Obstacle, opposition, difficulté.
- 7Force permettant de résister à la fatigue, endurance.
- 8Capacité de survie d’un organisme face à une maladie.
- 9Défense que font les hommes, les animaux ou les micro-organismes contre ceux qui les attaquent.
- 10Perte ou absence de sensibilité d’un parasite ou d’une maladie aux moyens de traitement.
- 11Mécanisme de défense naturelle présent à l’état latent dans une plante, qui est activé après une attaque parasitaire.
- 12Fait de se faire prier longtemps avant de faire quelque chose.
- 13Opposition aux desseins, aux volontés, aux sentiments d’un autre, ou à ses propres passions.
- 14Opposition armée à un envahisseur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: resistance,rrésistance,rséistance,réisstance,résisatnce,résisstance,résistacne,résistancce,résistanec,résistannce,résistnace,résisttance,résitsance,réssistance,réssitance,érsistance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of résistance - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “résistance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “résistant” - see the side-by-side comparison. résistance vs résistant
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.