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result

re·sult/ɹɪˈzʌlt/verb, noun, interjection

result is spelled R-E-S-U-L-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (re·sult). It appears 151 times per million words in written English, the 679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, result means “To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in result?

Letters6: R-E-S-U-L-T
Syllables2: re·sult
In writing151 times per million words; the 679th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is result?

Result appears 151 times per million words in written English, the 679th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce result?

  • /ɹɪˈzʌlt/

Result has 2 syllables, split re·sult in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-result.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with result?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as result.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: ulster, lustre, luster, rustle, sutler.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of result

  • results present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • resulting participle, present
  • resulted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does result mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

  2. 2

    To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

    This measure will result in good or in evil.

  3. 3

    To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.

  4. 4

    obsoleteTo leap back; to rebound.

noun

  1. 1

    That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.

    the result of a course of action;  the result of a mathematical operation

  2. 2

    The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.

  3. 3

    The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

  4. 4

    obsoleteA flying back; resilience.

  5. 5

    The final score in a game.

  6. 6

    A positive or favourable outcome for someone.

interjection

  1. 1

    UKAn exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

    (picking a lock) I wonder what I did... (the lock opens) Hey hey, result!

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Result in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchrésulter, causer (to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence), résultat (that which results)
Spanishresultar (to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence), resultado, resulta (that which results), saldarse, acarrear, resultar en (to lead to)
GermanErgebnis, Resultat (that which results)
Portugueseresultado (that which results)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does result come from?

Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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