resort

\ʁi.zɔʁt\

/\ʁi.zɔʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“resort” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,346
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Centre touristique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-resort · resort · French

resort · rank #23,346 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,346
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reports

Nearest frequency peer: reports (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « resort »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « resort » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

resort vs rest
67% similar
resort vs résout
67% similar
resort vs revoit
67% similar

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

Key facts for resort
PropertyValue
Headwordresort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.zɔʁt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,346
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « resort »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).resortse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reports » (#23,345), « ressembles » (#23,347), « resserrer » (#23,348). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « resort » est au #23,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around resort (IPA \ʁi.zɔʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,346 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Centre touristique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for resort, with forms such as "ersort", "reosrt", and "resorrt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rest", "résout", "revoit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is resort, spelled R-E-S-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Centre touristique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how resort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ouvert hiver comme été, le resort se prête à l’organisation de séminaires, de team buildings et d’incentives grâce à deux salles de réunions tout équipées pouvant accueillir jusqu’à 63 personnes en plénière.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ersort
  • reosrt
  • resorrt
  • resortt
  • resotr
  • resrot
  • rresort
  • rseort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of resort - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ersort2reosrt2resorrt1resortt1resotr2resrot2rresort1rseort2
Edit distance from "resort"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resort"?
"resort" is spelled R-E-S-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.zɔʁt\.
What does "resort" mean?
As a noun, "resort" means: Centre touristique.
What words are commonly confused with "resort"?
"resort" is commonly confused with "rest", "résout", "revoit". 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 \ʁi.zɔʁt\. 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 French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retira#23,349pompée#23,315phénix#23,311tantes#23,389

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

ryder8 variantsspray8 variantstitane8 variantsNapoli8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list