reculévsrésultéWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: reculé is a adjective, résulté is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reculé” is an adjective and “résulté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,720
“reculé” frequency rank
#35,710
“résulté” frequency rank
52430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reculé résulté
Definition Qui est éloigné, lointain. Participe passé masculin singulier de résulter.

Letter map: reculé vs résulté

Shared letters muted; letters that set reculé and résulté apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. reculé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against résulté's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
reculé
7 ch
résulté

Grammar separator: reculé vs résulté

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reculé is anadjective and résultéaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reculé is recorded at frequency rank #16,720, classified as anadj. 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 52430, this pair ranks #147,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reculé vs résulté

Shared letters: lrué. Private to "reculé": ce. Private to "résulté": st.

"reculé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "résulté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reculé" and "résulté" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reculé" is an adjective and "résulté" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reculé" vs "résulté" - which ranks higher?
"reculé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,720 in our French list, against #35,710 for "résulté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reculé" and "résulté".

  • Full dictionary entry for "reculé" 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 #147,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reculé" and "résulté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulée vs résulté". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #147,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list