rester

\ʁɛs.te\

/\ʁɛs.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“rester” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#660
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Continuer d’être à un endroit ou dans un état.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rester · rester · French

rester · rank #660 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #660
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH pire

Nearest frequency peer: pire (-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 « rester »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rester » 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).

rester vs rêver
50% similar
rester vs resto
67% similar
rester vs restés
67% similar

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

Key facts for rester
PropertyValue
Headwordrester
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɛs.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#660
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rester »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pire » (#659), « sauf » (#661), « photos » (#658). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rester » est au #660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rester (IPA \ʁɛs.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #660 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rester, with forms such as "erster", "resetr", and "resster". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rêver", "resto", "restés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rester, spelled R-E-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Continuer d’être à un endroit ou dans un état.
  2. 2
    Continuer à exister ; perdurer ; persister.
  3. 3
    Subsister par rapport à quelque chose qui a disparu.
  4. 4
    Continuer à être, en parlant de sentiments, de comportements.
  5. 5
    (Il reste (à quelqu’un) quelque chose) Il y a encore (quelque chose), les autres n’existant plus.
  6. 6
    (Il reste (à quelqu’un) à faire quelque chose) Il faut encore (faire quelque chose).
  7. 7
    (Il reste que, ou Reste que) Il est quand même vrai que.
  8. 8
    Habiter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], où il ne restait que les gardes municipaux et des pompiers travaillant à circonscrire l’incendie qu'ils n’espéraient plus éteindre.
  2. Plût aux dieux que Teresa fût restée muette elle aussi ! Elle ne cessait de crier […]

Synonyms

êtreexisterperdurerpersistersubsister

Antonyms

disparaîtrepartirs’en aller

This word in other languages

stay(English)quedar(Español)bleiben(Deutsch)ficar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erster
  • resetr
  • resster
  • resterr
  • restre
  • restter
  • retser
  • rrester
  • rseter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erster2resetr2resster1resterr1restre2restter1retser2rrester1
Edit distance from "rester"

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 "rester"?
"rester" is spelled R-E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.te\.
What does "rester" mean?
As a verb, "rester" means: Continuer d’être à un endroit ou dans un état.
What words are commonly confused with "rester"?
"rester" is commonly confused with "rêver", "resto", "restés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rester" is \ʁɛs.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rester" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

photos#658source#662facile#654durant#670

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

faisait9 variantsétudes9 variantschacun9 variantsdonnées9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list