regulanvsresultanWhich spelling fits?

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“regulan” and “resultan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,950
“regulan” frequency rank
#8,177
“resultan” frequency rank
24127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regulan resultan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de regular. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resultar.

Where the eye mixes regulan and resultan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
regulan
8 ch
resultan

Visual trap between regulan and resultan

A purely visual mix-up. regulan ([reˈɣ̞ulãn]) and resultan ([reˈsul̪t̪ãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regulan is recorded at frequency rank #15,950, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈɣ̞ulãn]. resultan is at rank #8,177, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈsul̪t̪ãn].

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 24127, this pair ranks #242,580 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regulan vs resultan

Shared letters: aelnru. Private to "regulan": g. Private to "resultan": st.

"regulan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "resultan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regulanergulan · reggulan · regluan · regualn · regulann · regullan · regulna · reuglan
  • resultanersultan · reslutan · ressultan · resulatn · resulltan · resultann · resultna · resulttan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regulan" and "resultan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈɣ̞ulãn] versus [reˈsul̪t̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regulan" vs "resultan" - which ranks higher?
"resultan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,177 in our Spanish list, against #15,950 for "regulan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "regulan" and "resultan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regulan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resultan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #242,580 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regulan" and "resultan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regulan vs regulen". 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 #242,580 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list