Which to use
“requête” is a noun and “résulté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,021
- “requête” frequency rank
- #35,710
- “résulté” frequency rank
- 41731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | requête | résulté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Demande écrite ou verbale ; prière. | Participe passé masculin singulier de résulter. |
Where the eye mixes requête and résulté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. requête (CVCVVCV) and résulté (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: requête vs résulté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: requête is \ʁə.kɛt\ 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 41731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
requête is recorded at frequency rank #6,021, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kɛt\. 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 41731, this pair ranks #230,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of requête vs résulté
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "requête": eqê. Private to "résulté": lsé.
"requête" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "résulté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "requête" and "résulté" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "requête" or "résulté"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "requête" and "résulté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "requête" 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 #230,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "requête" and "résulté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulée vs résulté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #230,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.