Which to use
“résulté” is a verb and “révolte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,710
- “résulté” frequency rank
- #5,289
- “révolte” frequency rank
- 40999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | résulté | révolte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de résulter. | Rébellion, soulèvement contre l’autorité établie, tentative de révolution, ou bien simple changement d’allégeance. |
Where the eye mixes résulté and révolte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. résulté and révolte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses résulté with révolte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: résulté is \ʁe.zyl.te\ while révolte is \ʁe.vɔlt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40999, 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\. révolte is at rank #5,289, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vɔlt\.
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 40999, this pair ranks #236,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of résulté vs révolte
Shared letters: lrté. Private to "résulté": su. Private to "révolte": eov.
"résulté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "révolte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "résulté" and "révolte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "résulté" or "révolte" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "résulté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révolte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "résulté" and "révolte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulée vs résulté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #236,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.