resistir

//Rɨ.ziʃ.ˈtiɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,681

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

resistir is aPortugueseverb. It means: manter a coragem, a força (sob pressão) Pronounced /Rɨ.ziʃ.ˈtiɾ/. It ranks #5,681 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with revistar and residir.

Key facts for resistir
PropertyValue
Headwordresistir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɨ.ziʃ.ˈtiɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,681
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of resistir in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for resistir is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.ziʃ.ˈtiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,681 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for resistir, with forms such as "ersistir", "reisstir", and "resisitr". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "revistar", "residir", "resista", 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 Portuguese form is resistir, spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    manter a coragem, a força (sob pressão)
  2. 2
    defender-se contra um ataque; revidar
  3. 3
    não ser derrotado; aguentar
  4. 4
    continuar a sobreviver até que chegue ajuda
  5. 5
    continuar a lutar contra um ataque inimigo
  6. 6
    lutar contra algo, geralmente com sucesso
  7. 7
    ser capaz de conter-se
  8. 8
    não ser danificado pela ação de outras forças

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersistir,reisstir,resisitr,resisstir,resistirr,resistri,resisttir,resitsir,ressistir,ressitir,rresistir,rseistir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for resistir

Misspelling Variants of "resistir"

ersistir8reisstir8resisitr8resisstir9resistirr9resistri8resisttir9resitsir8
Misspelling Variants of "resistir"

Frequency rank: #5,681 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resistir"?
"resistir" is spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ziʃ.ˈtiɾ/.
What does "resistir" mean?
As a verb, "resistir" means: manter a coragem, a força (sob pressão)
What words are commonly confused with "resistir"?
"resistir" is commonly confused with "revistar", "residir", "resista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resistir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resistir" is /Rɨ.ziʃ.ˈtiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resistir" come from?
"resistir" is a Portuguese 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.