resultsvssedTell them apart

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

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.

7 ch
results
3 ch
sed

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

  • resultsersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "results" and "sed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "results" is a verb and "sed" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "results" or "sed" show up more?
"sed" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,221 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.

After this comparison

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

  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list