reculéevsrésultéWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#39,008
“reculée” frequency rank
#35,710
“résulté” frequency rank
74718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reculée résulté
Definition Espace qui permet de se reculer. Participe passé masculin singulier de résulter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reculée and résulté apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
reculée
7 ch
résulté

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reculée is \ʁə.ky.le\ 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 4 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 74718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reculée is recorded at frequency rank #39,008, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ky.le\. 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 74718, this pair ranks #36,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reculée vs résulté

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

"reculée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "résulté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequency comparison

reculée#39,008
résulté#35,710

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reculée" and "résulté" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reculée" is a noun and "résulté" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reculée" or "résulté"?
"résulté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,710 in our French list, against #39,008 for "reculée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering reculée vs résulté

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “reculée”; for a verb, it's “résulté”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “reculée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list