restitution

\ʁɛs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁɛs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“restitution” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,247
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on restitue, on rend.

Corpus desk

Index FR-restitution · restitution · French

restitution · rank #13,247 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,247
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH resterait

Nearest frequency peer: resterait (-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 « restitution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « restitution » 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
Key facts for restitution
PropertyValue
Headwordrestitution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#13,247
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « restitution »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).restitutionse 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 « resterait » (#13,246), « retirés » (#13,248), « rendues » (#13,245). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « restitution » est au #13,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around restitution (IPA \ʁɛs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,247 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for restitution, with forms such as "erstitution", "resittution", and "resstitution". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is restitution, spelled R-E-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on restitue, on rend.
  2. 2
    Action par laquelle on rétablit, on remet une chose en son premier état.
  3. 3
    Rendu d’un monument, d’un édifice détruit, à l’aide des vestiges qui subsistent encore, de descriptions, de renseignements, etc.
  4. 4
    Reproduction.
  5. 5
    Jugements qui relèvent quelqu’un d’un engagement qu’il avait contracté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La restitution de K est assurée, à parts à peu près égales, par le pluviolessivage des feuilles jaunissantes (24 kg/ha/an), la litière des arbres (27 kg/ha/an) et la strate herbacée (26 kg/ha/an), […].
  2. Vous êtes obligé, tenu à restitution.

This word in other languages

restitution(English)restitución(Español)Rückgabe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erstitution
  • resittution
  • resstitution
  • restittuion
  • restittution
  • restituiton
  • restitutino
  • restitutionn
  • restitutoin
  • restituttion
  • restiuttion
  • resttitution
  • resttiution
  • retsitution
  • rrestitution
  • rsetitution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erstitution2resittution2resstitution1restittuion2restittution1restituiton2restitutino2restitutionn1
Edit distance from "restitution"

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 "restitution"?
"restitution" is spelled R-E-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\.
What does "restitution" mean?
As a noun, "restitution" means: Action par laquelle on restitue, on rend.
What are common misspellings of "restitution"?
Common misspellings include "erstitution", "resittution", "resstitution", "restittuion", "restittution". The correct spelling is "restitution".
How do you pronounce "restitution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "restitution" is \ʁɛs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "restitution" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

performant16 variantsintégrante16 variantsinscrivant16 variantscompétitif16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list