résulter

\ʁe.zyl.te\

/\ʁe.zyl.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“résulter” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,121
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire suite à certains événements ; provoquer les effets de certaines causes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-resulter · résulter · French

résulter · rank #25,121 · 13 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,121
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH résidait

Nearest frequency peer: résidait (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « résulter »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « résulter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

résulter vs résumer
75% similar
résulter vs results
63% similar
résulter vs révolter
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for résulter
PropertyValue
Headwordrésulter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.zyl.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,121
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « résulter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.résulterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « résidait » (#25,120), « saisonniers » (#25,122), « réfuter » (#25,119). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « résulter » est au #25,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around résulter (IPA \ʁe.zyl.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,121 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for résulter, with forms such as "resulter", "rrésulter", and "rséulter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "résumer", "results", "révolter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is résulter, spelled R-É-S-U-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire suite à certains événements ; provoquer les effets de certaines causes.
  2. 2
    S’ensuivre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how résulter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La porcelaine, cette matière céramique la plus parfaite, résulte de la liaison à une température très élevée, de l’infusible kaolin et du fusible feldspath, en une masse homogène.
  2. Il résulte des 13 premières composantes de la doctrine de la CIIVISE que les violences sexuelles faites aux enfants sont un problème d’ordre public.

This word in other languages

result(English)resultar(Español)resultieren(Deutsch)resultar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • resulter
  • rrésulter
  • rséulter
  • résluter
  • réssulter
  • résuletr
  • résullter
  • résulterr
  • résultre
  • résultter
  • résutler
  • réuslter
  • érsulter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of résulter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

resulter1rrésulter1rséulter2résluter2réssulter1résuletr2résullter1résulterr1
Edit distance from "résulter"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "résulter"?
"résulter" is spelled R-É-S-U-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.zyl.te\.
What does "résulter" mean?
As a verb, "résulter" means: Faire suite à certains événements ; provoquer les effets de certaines causes.
What words are commonly confused with "résulter"?
"résulter" is commonly confused with "résumer", "results", "révolter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "résulter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "résulter" is \ʁe.zyl.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "résulter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "résulter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

résidait#25,120salarial#25,123serrures#25,126Rosemont#25,115

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

sortants13 variantspédagogue13 variantsvoyageant13 variantspartners13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list