# restore

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈstɔː/ · frequency rank #5,353

## Definitions
1. To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
2. To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
3. To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
4. To give in place of, or as restitution for.
5. To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
6. To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
7. To make good; to make amends for.

## Etymology
From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.

## Easily confused with
- **retire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/restore-vs-retire)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/restore-vs-retort)
- **restored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/restore-vs-restored)
- **resort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-restore)
- **rector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rector-vs-restore)
- **Reston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reston-vs-restore)
- **restart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/restart-vs-restore)
- **rectory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectory-vs-restore)
- **restock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/restock-vs-restore)
- **Redstone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redstone-vs-restore)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erstore`, `resotre`, `resstore`, `restoer`, `restorre`, `restroe`, `resttore`, `retsore`, `rrestore`, `rsetore`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/restore