resultarvsresultasTell them apart

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

#6,227
“resultar” frequency rank
#44,982
“resultas” frequency rank
51209
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resultar resultas
Definition Ser, suceder o nacer de otra cosa. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de resultar.

Where the eye mixes resultar and resultas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. resultar 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
resultar
8 ch
resultas

Visual trap between resultar and resultas

A purely visual mix-up. resultar ([resul̪ˈt̪aɾ]) 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 - r in “resultar” becomes s in “resultas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resultar is recorded at frequency rank #6,227, classified as averb, pronounced [resul̪ˈt̪aɾ]. 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 51209, this pair ranks #99,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resultar vs resultas

Shared letters: aelrstu. Private to "resultar": -. Private to "resultas": -.

"resultar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "resultas" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultar ← ersultar · reslutar · ressultar · resulatr · resulltar · resultarr · resultra · resulttar
  • resultas ← ersultas · reslutas · ressultas · resulats · resulltas · resultass · resultsa · resulttas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resultar" and "resultas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([resul̪ˈt̪aɾ] versus [reˈsul̪t̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "resultar" vs "resultas" - which ranks higher?
"resultar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,227 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "resultar" 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 #99,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resultar" 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 #99,042 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