restauration

Name: restauration, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“restauration” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,288 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#3,288
frequency rank, French: 12
letters: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Réparation ; remise en bon état ou, en informatique, remise d’un système en état d’origine.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

restauration vs restaurations

92% similar

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

Key facts for restauration
Property	Value
Headword	restauration
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#3,288
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “restauration” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). restauration lands here:

#3,288

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for restauration is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,288 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for restauration, with forms such as "erstauration", "resaturation", and "resstauration". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "restaurations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is restauration, spelled R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Réparation ; remise en bon état ou, en informatique, remise d’un système en état d’origine.
2
Travail fait d’après un édifice antique, pour en rétablir selon la vraisemblance les parties qui n’existent plus.
3
Rétablissement.
4
Rétablissement d’une ancienne dynastie sur le trône.
5
Rétablissement de la dynastie des Bourbons en France. — → voir Restauration.
6
Retour à une organisation sociale du passé.
7
Secteur des activités liées aux établissements permettant de prendre un repas.

This word in other languages

restoration(English)restaurierung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erstauration,resaturation,resstauration,restaruation,restauartion,restauraiton,restauratino,restaurationn,restauratoin,restaurattion,restaurration,restaurtaion,resttauration,restuaration,retsauration,rrestauration,rsetauration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "restauration"

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 "restauration"?

"restauration" is spelled R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.

What does "restauration" mean?

As a noun, "restauration" means: Réparation ; remise en bon état ou, en informatique, remise d’un système en état d’origine.

What words are commonly confused with "restauration"?

"restauration" is commonly confused with "restaurations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "restauration"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "restauration" is \ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "restauration" come from?

"restauration" 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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Using “restauration”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “restaurations” - see the side-by-side comparison. restauration vs restaurations
Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.