restais

\ʁɛs.tɛ\

/\ʁɛs.tɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“restais” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,221
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rester.

Corpus desk

Index FR-restais · restais · French

restais · rank #31,221 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,221
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rescapé

Nearest frequency peer: rescapé (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « restais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « restais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

restais vs restés
71% similar
restais vs restos
71% similar
restais vs restau
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for restais
PropertyValue
Headwordrestais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɛs.tɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,221
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « restais »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).restaisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rescapé » (#31,220), « retentissant » (#31,222), « renouvelés » (#31,219). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « restais » est au #31,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around restais (IPA \ʁɛs.tɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,221 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for restais, with forms such as "erstais", "resatis", and "resstais". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "restés", "restos", "restau", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is restais, spelled R-E-S-T-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rester.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rester.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how restais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si les Bleus viennent, j’avertirai. Si je restais et qu’ils me trouvassent avec vous, ils brûleraient ma maison.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erstais
  • resatis
  • resstais
  • restaiss
  • restasi
  • restias
  • resttais
  • retsais
  • rrestais
  • rsetais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restais - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erstais2resatis2resstais1restaiss1restasi2restias2resttais1retsais2
Edit distance from "restais"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "restais"?
"restais" is spelled R-E-S-T-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.tɛ\.
What does "restais" mean?
As a verb, "restais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rester.
What words are commonly confused with "restais"?
"restais" is commonly confused with "restés", "restos", "restau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "restais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "restais" is \ʁɛs.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "restais" come from?
"restais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "restais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rescapé#31,220rosette#31,233raptors#31,207rabbins#31,204

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

règnes10 variantsréparée10 variantssachiez10 variantssensés10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list