restaurant
/ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/
"restaurant" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“restaurant” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,125 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,125
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | restaurant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “restaurant” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for restaurant is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,125 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for restaurant, with forms such as "erstaurant", "resaturant", and "resstaurant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“to restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments. The correct English form is restaurant, spelled R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
Etymology
Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“to restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erstaurant,resaturant,resstaurant,restaruant,restauarnt,restaurannt,restaurantt,restauratn,restaurnat,restaurrant,resttaurant,restuarant,retsaurant,rrestaurant,rsetaurant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restaurant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “restaurant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.