Which to use
“essays” and “results” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,877
- “essays” frequency rank
- #32,236
- “results” frequency rank
- 50113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | essays | results |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs essay | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs result |
Letter map: essays vs results
Shared letters muted; letters that set essays and results apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. essays runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against results's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: essays and results
essays and results are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
essays is recorded at frequency rank #17,877, classified as averb, pronounced […]. results is at rank #32,236, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50113, this pair ranks #1,186,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of essays vs results
Shared letters: es. Private to "essays": ay. Private to "results": lrtu.
"essays" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "essays" for "results" ever safe?
Frequency check: "essays" vs "results" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "essays" and "results". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "essays" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "results" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,186,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "essays" and "results" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs results". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,186,158 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.