résurgence

\ʁe.zyʁ.ʒɑ̃s\

/\ʁe.zyʁ.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“résurgence” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,715
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endroit où un réseau hydrographique souterrain sort du sous-sol.

Corpus desk

Index FR-resurgence · résurgence · French

résurgence · rank #31,715 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,715
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH résigné

Nearest frequency peer: résigné (-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 « résurgence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « résurgence » 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).

résurgence vs récurrence
80% similar

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

Key facts for résurgence
PropertyValue
Headwordrésurgence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.zyʁ.ʒɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,715
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « résurgence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.résurgencese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « résigné » (#31,714), « répertoires » (#31,713), « rétracter » (#31,717). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « résurgence » est au #31,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around résurgence (IPA \ʁe.zyʁ.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,715 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for résurgence, with forms such as "resurgence", "rrésurgence", and "rséurgence". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "récurrence", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is résurgence, spelled R-É-S-U-R-G-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Endroit où un réseau hydrographique souterrain sort du sous-sol.
  2. 2
    Réapparition, retour.
  3. 3
    Situation dans laquelle un problème que l’on croyait avoir résolu en un endroit réapparaît ailleurs : effet de rebond.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Résurgence d’une rivière.
  2. De mon côté, j’attends de pouvoir obtenir l’autorisation pour la Mactingol, afin de suivre le fleuve souterrain vers la résurgence de Kalidongan.

Synonyms

ressourssource

This word in other languages

resurgence(English)Wiederauftauchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • resurgence
  • rrésurgence
  • rséurgence
  • résrugence
  • réssurgence
  • résugrence
  • résuregnce
  • résurgecne
  • résurgencce
  • résurgenec
  • résurgennce
  • résurggence
  • résurgnece
  • résurrgence
  • réusrgence
  • érsurgence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of résurgence - 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.

resurgence1rrésurgence1rséurgence2résrugence2réssurgence1résugrence2résuregnce2résurgecne2
Edit distance from "résurgence"

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 "résurgence"?
"résurgence" is spelled R-É-S-U-R-G-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.zyʁ.ʒɑ̃s\.
What does "résurgence" mean?
As a noun, "résurgence" means: Endroit où un réseau hydrographique souterrain sort du sous-sol.
What words are commonly confused with "résurgence"?
"résurgence" is commonly confused with "récurrence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "résurgence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "résurgence" is \ʁe.zyʁ.ʒɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "résurgence" come from?
"résurgence" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réveillant#31,721sabbatique#31,725remerciant#31,684soupçonnée#31,746

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

satisfaites16 variantsretravailler16 variantsspontanées16 variantspromotionnel16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list