resto
/ˈɹɛstəʊ/
"resto" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“resto” is uncommon English (frequency #50,195 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,195
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A restaurant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-resto · resto · English
resto · rank #50,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,195
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH resourcefulne…
Nearest frequency peer: resourcefulness (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “resto”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reminiscence
reminiscence
49,812 corpus weight
- repulse
repulse
49,809 corpus weight
- resourceful…
resourcefulness
49,807 corpus weight
- resto
resto
49,806 corpus weight
- rie
rie
49,803 corpus weight
- riptide
riptide
49,801 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “resto” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | resto |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛstəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “resto” in English
Rare enough to double-check
resto is uncommon English at frequency #50,195 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɛstəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A restaurant.".
resto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of restaurant + -o (a colloquializing suffix). The correct English form is resto, spelled R-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1A restaurant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how resto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For instance, nine out of 10 restos in Toronto may offer Caesar salad, but "it's still about how you make it.
Etymology
Clipping of restaurant + -o (a colloquializing suffix).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).