resultant
/ɹɪˈzʌltənt/
"resultant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“resultant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,573
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Following as a result or consequence of something; resulting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-resultant · resultant · English
resultant · rank #24,573 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,573
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH resonant
Nearest frequency peer: resonant (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “resultant”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- reiterate
reiterate
75,431 corpus weight
- resonant
resonant
75,429 corpus weight
- resultant
resultant
75,428 corpus weight
- retinal
retinal
75,427 corpus weight
- RGB
RGB
75,426 corpus weight
- Rhodesia
Rhodesia
75,425 corpus weight
What this shows “resultant” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | resultant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈzʌltənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “resultant”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around resultant (IPA /ɹɪˈzʌltənt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,573 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Following as a result or consequence of something; resulting.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for resultant, with forms such as "ersultant", "reslutant", and "ressultant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "resulting", "resistant", "reluctant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin resultāns, present participle of resultō. The correct English form is resultant, spelled R-E-S-U-L-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Following as a result or consequence of something; resulting.
Etymology
From Latin resultāns, present participle of resultō.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersultant
- reslutant
- ressultant
- resulatnt
- resulltant
- resultannt
- resultantt
- resultatn
- resultnat
- resulttant
- resutlant
- reusltant
- rresultant
- rseultant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of resultant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "resultant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).