resultsvsSEPAWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: results is a verb, SEPA is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#32,236
“results” frequency rank
#27,054
“SEPA” frequency rank
59290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature results SEPA
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs result Single Euro Payments Area – Einheitlicher Euro-Zahlungsverkehrsraum

Letter map: results vs SEPA

Shared letters muted; letters that set results and SEPA apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. results runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against SEPA's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
results
4 ch
SEPA

Grammar separator: results vs SEPA

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: results is averb and SEPAanabbrev. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

results is recorded at frequency rank #32,236, classified as averb, pronounced […]. SEPA is at rank #27,054, tagged as anabbrev, 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 59290, this pair ranks #830,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of results vs SEPA

Shared letters: es. Private to "results": lrtu. Private to "SEPA": ap.

"results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "SEPA" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultsersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls
  • SEPAespa · seap · seppa · spea · ssepa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "results" for "SEPA" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "results" is a verb and "SEPA" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "results" or "SEPA"?
"SEPA" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,054 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "results" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "SEPA" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #830,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "results" and "SEPA" 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 #830,041 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