resultsvssizeTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#32,236
“results” frequency rank
#23,709
“size” frequency rank
55945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature results size
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs result Ausmaße eines Objektes

Letter map: results vs size

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

7 ch
results
4 ch
size

Part-of-speech tell for results / size

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: results is averb and sizeanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

results is recorded at frequency rank #32,236, classified as averb, pronounced […]. size is at rank #23,709, tagged as anoun, 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 55945, this pair ranks #959,559 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of results vs size

Shared letters: es. Private to "results": lrtu. Private to "size": iz.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultsersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls
  • sizeisze · siez · sizze · ssize · szie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "results" and "size" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "results" is a verb and "size" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "results" or "size" show up more?
"size" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,709 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "results" and "size".

  • Full dictionary entry for "results" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "size" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #959,559 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "results" and "size" 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 #959,559 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