résultats vs results, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#591
“résultats” frequency rank: #40,965
“results” frequency rank: 41556
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	résultats	results
Definition	Pluriel de résultat.	Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe result.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set résultats and results apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch

résultats

7 ch

results

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: résultats is \ʁe.zyl.ta\ while results is \ɹɪˈzʌlts\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 41556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

résultats is recorded at frequency rank #591, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.zyl.ta\. results is at rank #40,965, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɹɪˈzʌlts\.

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 41556, this pair ranks #232,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of résultats vs results

Shared letters: lrstu. Private to "résultats": aé. Private to "results": e.

"résultats" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

results ← ersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls

Frequency comparison

résultats#591

results#40,965

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "résultats" and "results" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "résultats" is a noun and "results" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "résultats" or "results"?

"résultats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #591 in our French list, against #40,965 for "results". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering résultats vs results

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “résultats”; for a verb, it's “results”.
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