résultévsresultsTell them apart

Which to use

“résulté” and “results” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,710
“résulté” frequency rank
#40,965
“results” frequency rank
76675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature résulté results
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de résulter. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe result.

Where the eye mixes résulté and results

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. résulté (CVCVCCV) and results (CVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
résulté
7 ch
results

Why the eye confuses résulté with results

A purely visual mix-up. résulté (\ʁe.zyl.te\) and results (\ɹɪˈzʌlts\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

résulté is recorded at frequency rank #35,710, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.zyl.te\. 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 76675, this pair ranks #30,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of résulté vs results

Shared letters: lrstu. Private to "résulté": é. Private to "results": e.

"résulté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "résulté" and "results" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.zyl.te\ versus \ɹɪˈzʌlts\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "résulté" vs "results" - which ranks higher?
"résulté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,710 in our French list, against #40,965 for "results". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "résulté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "results" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "résulté" and "results" 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 #30,464 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