millevsresultsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mille is a num, results is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mille” is a num and “results” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,671
“mille” frequency rank
#32,236
“results” frequency rank
57907
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mille results
Definition tausend 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs result

Letter map: mille vs results

Shared letters muted; letters that set mille and results apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mille runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against results's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
mille
7 ch
results

Role in the sentence - mille and results

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mille is anum and resultsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mille is recorded at frequency rank #25,671, classified as anum, 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 57907, this pair ranks #883,186 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mille vs results

Shared letters: el. Private to "mille": im. Private to "results": rstu.

"mille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mille ← imlle · milel · mlile · mmille
  • results ← ersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mille" for "results" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mille" is a num and "results" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mille" vs "results" - which ranks higher?
"mille" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,671 in our German list, against #32,236 for "results". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mille" and "results". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mille" 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 #883,186 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mille" 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 #883,186 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list