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

#44,982
“resultas” frequency rank
#20,185
“resulten” frequency rank
65167
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes resultas and resulten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. resultas and resulten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
resultas
8 ch
resulten

Why the eye confuses resultas with resulten

A purely visual mix-up. resultas ([reˈsul̪t̪as]) and resulten ([reˈsul̪t̪ẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resultas is recorded at frequency rank #44,982, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈsul̪t̪as]. resulten is at rank #20,185, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈsul̪t̪ẽn].

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 65167, this pair ranks #43,453 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of resultas vs resulten

Shared letters: elrstu. Private to "resultas": a. Private to "resulten": n.

"resultas" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "resulten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultas ← ersultas · reslutas · ressultas · resulats · resulltas · resultass · resultsa · resulttas
  • resulten ← ersulten · resluten · ressulten · resuletn · resullten · resultenn · resultne · resultten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resultas" and "resulten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈsul̪t̪as] versus [reˈsul̪t̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "resultas" or "resulten" show up more?
"resulten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,185 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "resultas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resulten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,453 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resultas" and "resulten" 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 #43,453 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