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

#8,177
“resultan” frequency rank
#44,982
“resultas” frequency rank
53159
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resultan resultas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resultar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de resultar.

Where the eye mixes resultan and resultas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. resultan and resultas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
resultan
8 ch
resultas

Look-alike desk: resultan vs resultas

A purely visual mix-up. resultan ([reˈsul̪t̪ãn]) and resultas ([reˈsul̪t̪as]) 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 a single letter - n in “resultan” becomes s in “resultas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resultan is recorded at frequency rank #8,177, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈsul̪t̪ãn]. resultas is at rank #44,982, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈsul̪t̪as].

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 53159, this pair ranks #89,238 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resultan vs resultas

Shared letters: aelrstu. Private to "resultan": n. Private to "resultas": -.

"resultan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "resultas" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultan ← ersultan · reslutan · ressultan · resulatn · resulltan · resultann · resultna · resulttan
  • resultas ← ersultas · reslutas · ressultas · resulats · resulltas · resultass · resultsa · resulttas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "resultan" for "resultas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈsul̪t̪ãn] versus [reˈsul̪t̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "resultan" or "resultas"?
"resultan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,177 in our Spanish list, against #44,982 for "resultas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "resultan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resultas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,238 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resultan" and "resultas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "respetas vs resultas". 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 #89,238 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