Tier 2 of 5
How to spell resistance
What it means
the act of opposing
How it sounds
/rɪˈzɪstəns/
Why it catches people out
Resist takes -ance; persist takes -ence. The two endings must be learned separately.
The spellings people reach for
- resistence
- resistanse
- reistance
In a sentence
There was little resistance to the proposal.