Which to use
“récolte” is a noun and “résulté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,807
- “récolte” frequency rank
- #35,710
- “résulté” frequency rank
- 41517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récolte | résulté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de recueillir les produits de la terre. | Participe passé masculin singulier de résulter. |
Where the eye mixes récolte and résulté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. récolte and résulté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: récolte vs résulté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: récolte is \ʁe.kɔlt\ while résulté is \ʁe.zyl.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récolte is recorded at frequency rank #5,807, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.kɔlt\. résulté is at rank #35,710, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.zyl.te\.
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 41517, this pair ranks #232,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récolte vs résulté
Shared letters: lrté. Private to "récolte": ceo. Private to "résulté": su.
"récolte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "résulté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "récolte" for "résulté" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "récolte" or "résulté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "récolte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "résulté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récolte" and "résulté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulée vs résulté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #232,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.