Which to use
“results” is a verb and “sed” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,236
- “results” frequency rank
- #5,221
- “sed” frequency rank
- 37457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | results | sed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs result | aber, wobei, sondern; jedoch |
Letter map: results vs sed
Shared letters muted; letters that set results and sed apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: results vs sed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: results is averb and sedaconjunction. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
results is recorded at frequency rank #32,236, classified as averb, pronounced […]. sed is at rank #5,221, tagged as aconj, 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 37457, this pair ranks #1,589,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of results vs sed
Shared letters: es. Private to "results": lrtu. Private to "sed": d.
"results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "sed" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- results ← ersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "results" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,589,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "results" and "sed" 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 #1,589,738 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.