resto
[ˈrest̪o]
The verdict
“resto” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #583 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #583
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte que queda de un todo tras haberle sido extraído algo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | resto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrest̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “resto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for resto is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrest̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #583 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for resto, with forms such as "ersto", "resot", and "ressto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ruso", "reto", "roto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is resto, spelled R-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Parte que queda de un todo tras haberle sido extraído algo.
- 2Resultado de una operación de sustracción.
- 3Cantidad que resulta de restar la mayor cantidad de veces posible el divisor del dividendo, sin que por ello el resultado cambie de signo.
- 4Vigor, en especial físico, para emprender o continuar una actividad.
- 5Tantos (puntos para el envido).
- 6Jugador que devuelve la pelota al saque.
- 7En el juego de la pelota, sitio en donde se resta.
- 8Radical.
- 9Montón, multitud (de personas o cosas).
- 10Cuchillo punzante para salir a robar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ersto,resot,ressto,restto,retso,rresto,rseto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of resto - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “resto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈrest̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ruso” - see the side-by-side comparison. resto vs ruso
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.