resultatvsrésultéConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#23,673
“resultat” frequency rank
#35,710
“résulté” frequency rank
59383
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resultat résulté
Definition Résultat. Participe passé masculin singulier de résulter.

Where the eye mixes resultat and résulté

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. resultat runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against résulté's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
resultat
7 ch
résulté

Look-alike desk: resultat vs résulté

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: resultat is \rezylˈtat\ while résulté is \ʁe.zyl.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resultat is recorded at frequency rank #23,673, classified as anoun, pronounced \rezylˈtat\. 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 59383, this pair ranks #103,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of resultat vs résulté

Shared letters: lrstu. Private to "resultat": ae. Private to "résulté": é.

"resultat" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "résulté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultat ← ersultat · reslutat · ressultat · resulatt · resulltat · resultatt · resultta · resulttat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resultat" and "résulté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "resultat" is a noun and "résulté" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "resultat" or "résulté"?
"resultat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,673 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "resultat" 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 #103,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resultat" and "résulté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulée vs résulté". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #103,482 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