resultadovsresultaronWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: resultado is a noun, resultaron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“resultado” is a noun and “resultaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#666
“resultado” frequency rank
#8,306
“resultaron” frequency rank
8972
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resultado resultaron
Definition Efecto de una acción, de un hecho o de un cálculo. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de resultar.

Where the eye mixes resultado and resultaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. resultado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against resultaron's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
resultado
10 ch
resultaron

Visual trap between resultado and resultaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: resultado is [resul̪ˈt̪að̞o] while resultaron is [resul̪ˈt̪aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resultado is recorded at frequency rank #666, classified as anoun, pronounced [resul̪ˈt̪að̞o]. resultaron is at rank #8,306, tagged as averb, pronounced [resul̪ˈt̪aɾõn].

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 8972, this pair ranks #303,347 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of resultado vs resultaron

Shared letters: aelorstu. Private to "resultado": d. Private to "resultaron": n.

"resultado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "resultaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultado ← ersultado · reslutado · ressultado · resulatdo · resulltado · resultaddo · resultaod · resultdao
  • resultaron ← ersultaron · reslutaron · ressultaron · resulatron · resulltaron · resultaorn · resultarno · resultaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resultado" and "resultaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "resultado" is a noun and "resultaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "resultado" or "resultaron"?
"resultado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #666 in our Spanish list, against #8,306 for "resultaron". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "resultado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resultaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #303,347 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resultado" and "resultaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resultarán vs resultaron". 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 #303,347 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