restar vs resultar, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“restar” and “resultar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,128
“restar” frequency rank: #6,810
“resultar” frequency rank: 35938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	restar	resultar
Definition	sobrar	redundar

Where the eye mixes restar and resultar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch

restar

8 ch

resultar

Look-alike desk: restar vs resultar

A purely visual mix-up. restar (/Rɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/) and resultar (/Rɨ.zuɫ.ˈtaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

restar is recorded at frequency rank #29,128, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/. resultar is at rank #6,810, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.zuɫ.ˈtaɾ/.

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 35938, this pair ranks #30,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of restar vs resultar

Shared letters: aerst. Private to "restar": -. Private to "resultar": lu.

"restar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "resultar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

restar ← erstar · resatr · resstar · restarr · restra · resttar · retsar · rrestar
resultar ← ersultar · reslutar · ressultar · resulatr · resulltar · resultarr · resultra · resulttar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "restar" and "resultar" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/Rɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/ versus /Rɨ.zuɫ.ˈtaɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "restar" vs "resultar" - which ranks higher?

"resultar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,810 in our Portuguese list, against #29,128 for "restar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

Full dictionary entry for "restar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "resultar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #30,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"restar" and "resultar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reatar vs restar". 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 #30,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.