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How to spell residence

Residence is spelled R-E-S-I-D-E-N-C-E.

hear itres·i·dence/'rɛzɪdəns/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: A place where someone lives.

In a sentence: The big blue house is my residence.

The part people get wrong

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Same family: resident, residential, residency, home, dwelling. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Residence” comes from Latin *residēre*, meaning “to remain” or “to stay behind.” Over time, it shifted from the idea of staying in a place to the building where an important person lives, which is why it often suggests a large or official house.

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