resultsvstransfersWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“results” and “transfers” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,236
“results” frequency rank
#18,727
“transfers” frequency rank
50963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature results transfers
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs result 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs transfer

Letter map: results vs transfers

Shared letters muted; letters that set results and transfers apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. results runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against transfers's 9 (CCVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
results
9 ch
transfers

Corpus notes: results and transfers

results and transfers are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

results is recorded at frequency rank #32,236, classified as averb, pronounced […]. transfers is at rank #18,727, 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 50963, this pair ranks #1,153,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of results vs transfers

Shared letters: erst. Private to "results": lu. Private to "transfers": afn.

"results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "transfers" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultsersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls
  • transfersrtansfers · tarnsfers · tranfsers · trannsfers · transefrs · transferrs · transferss · transfesr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "results" and "transfers" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "results" or "transfers" show up more?
"transfers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,727 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "results" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transfers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,153,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "results" and "transfers" 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 #1,153,743 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