result in

verb

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"result-in" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“result in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To bring about; to lead to.

Corpus desk

Index EN-result-in · result in · English

result in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for result in
PropertyValue
Headwordresult in
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “result in” sits in English frequency

result infalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

result in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To bring about; to lead to.".

result in has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is result in, spelled R-E-S-U-L-T- -I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    To bring about; to lead to.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how result in appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The escalating protests resulted in widespread civil unrest.
  2. The West of England Line has long been a Cinderella railway. Decades of patch-and-mend underinvestment have resulted in consistently poor performance.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "result in"?
"result in" is spelled R-E-S-U-L-T- -I-N.
What does "result in" mean?
As a verb, "result in" means: To bring about; to lead to.
What language does "result in" come from?
"result in" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list