restant

\ʁɛs.tɑ̃\

/\ʁɛs.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“restant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,180
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui reste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-restant · restant · French

restant · rank #4,180 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,180
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH quête

Nearest frequency peer: quête (-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 « restant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « restant » 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).

restant vs restau
71% similar
restant vs rêvant
57% similar
restant vs restent
86% similar

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

Key facts for restant
PropertyValue
Headwordrestant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛs.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,180
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « restant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.restantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quête » (#4,179), « riz » (#4,181), « quarante » (#4,178). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « restant » est au #4,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around restant (IPA \ʁɛs.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,180 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui reste.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for restant, with forms such as "erstant", "resatnt", and "resstant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "restau", "rêvant", "restent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 restant, spelled R-E-S-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui reste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est la seule personne restante de cette famille.
  2. C’est le seul héritier restant de quatre qu’ils étaient.

This word in other languages

remaining(English)restlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erstant
  • resatnt
  • resstant
  • restannt
  • restantt
  • restatn
  • restnat
  • resttant
  • retsant
  • rrestant
  • rsetant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restant - 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.

erstant2resatnt2resstant1restannt1restantt1restatn2restnat2resttant1
Edit distance from "restant"

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 "restant"?
"restant" is spelled R-E-S-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.tɑ̃\.
What does "restant" mean?
As an adjective, "restant" means: Qui reste.
What words are commonly confused with "restant"?
"restant" is commonly confused with "restau", "rêvant", "restent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "restant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "restant" is \ʁɛs.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "restant" come from?
"restant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list