restitute
/ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/
"restitute" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“restitute” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To restore (something) to its former condition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-restitute · restitute · English
restitute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | restitute |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “restitute” in English
Rare enough to double-check
restitute is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for restitute, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French restituer, from Latin restituō (“replace, restore”). The correct English form is restitute, spelled R-E-S-T-I-T-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1To restore (something) to its former condition.
- 2To provide recompense for (something).
- 3To refund.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how restitute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] when Frederick M. (Bantam) Lyons had rapidly and successively requested, perused and restituted the copy of the current issue of the Freeman's Journal and National Press which he had been about to throw away (subsequently thrown away), he had proceeded towards the oriental edifice of the Turkish and Warm Baths.[…]
What I spill in talk or acts rarely is restituted in writing.
Etymology
From Old French restituer, from Latin restituō (“replace, restore”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.