restau

\ʁɛs.to\

/\ʁɛs.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“restau” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,805
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-restau · restau · French

restau · rank #17,805 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,805
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remette

Nearest frequency peer: remette (-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 « restau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « restau » 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).

restau vs reste
67% similar
restau vs resto
67% similar
restau vs rester
67% similar

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

Key facts for restau
PropertyValue
Headwordrestau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛs.to\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,805
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « restau »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).restause 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 « remette » (#17,804), « rivale » (#17,806), « ruptures » (#17,807). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « restau » est au #17,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around restau (IPA \ʁɛs.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,805 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Restaurant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for restau, with forms such as "erstau", "resatu", and "resstau". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "reste", "resto", "rester", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is restau, spelled R-E-S-T-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Restaurant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Ce n’est pas mon genre de trop parler de ce que je fais », dit le réalisateur rencontré lundi midi dans un restau d’Outremont.
  2. L'école, les copines, la zumba et les petits restaus : il ne lui en faudrait pas plus pour se sentir bien, à l'aise dans le cocon qu'elle s'était tissé. Pas plus, mais elle en avait besoin plus que jamais.

Synonyms

restaurantresto

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erstau
  • resatu
  • resstau
  • resttau
  • restua
  • retsau
  • rrestau
  • rsetau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erstau2resatu2resstau1resttau1restua2retsau2rrestau1rsetau2
Edit distance from "restau"

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 "restau"?
"restau" is spelled R-E-S-T-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.to\.
What does "restau" mean?
As a noun, "restau" means: Restaurant.
What words are commonly confused with "restau"?
"restau" is commonly confused with "reste", "resto", "rester". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "restau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "restau" is \ʁɛs.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "restau" come from?
"restau" 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 "restau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rivale#17,806servez#17,814parmis#17,786tentés#17,837

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

remette8 variantssonnette8 variantssplit8 variantsséché8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list