restovsrestosTell them apart

Which to use

“resto” and “restos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#583
“resto” frequency rank
#3,148
“restos” frequency rank
3731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resto restos
Definition Parte que queda de un todo tras haberle sido extraído algo. Lo que queda de algo tras haber sido destruido.

Where the eye mixes resto and restos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
resto
6 ch
restos

Why the eye confuses resto with restos

A purely visual mix-up. resto ([ˈrest̪o]) and restos ([ˈrest̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “resto” sits inside “restos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resto is recorded at frequency rank #583, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈrest̪o]. restos is at rank #3,148, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrest̪os].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 3731, this pair ranks #317,694 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of resto vs restos

Shared letters: eorst. Private to "resto": -. Private to "restos": -.

"resto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "restos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • restoersto · resot · ressto · restto · retso · rresto · rseto
  • restoserstos · resots · resstos · restoss · restso · resttos · retsos · rrestos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resto" and "restos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈrest̪o] versus [ˈrest̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "resto" vs "restos" - which ranks higher?
"resto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #583 in our Spanish list, against #3,148 for "restos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "resto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "restos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #317,694 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resto" and "restos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réditos vs restos". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #317,694 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list