resto

\ʁɛs.to\

/\ʁɛs.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“resto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,341
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de restau pour dire restaurant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-resto · resto · French

resto · rank #6,341 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,341
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH respirer

Nearest frequency peer: respirer (-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 « resto »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « resto » 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).

resto vs Retz
40% similar
resto vs rust
60% similar
resto vs rétro
40% similar

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

Key facts for resto
PropertyValue
Headwordresto
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛs.to\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,341
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « resto »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).restose 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 « respirer » (#6,340), « rattraper » (#6,339), « récits » (#6,343). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « resto » est au #6,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around resto (IPA \ʁɛs.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,341 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de restau pour dire restaurant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for resto, with forms such as "ersto", "resot", and "ressto". 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, "Retz", "rust", "rétro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is resto, spelled R-E-S-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de restau pour dire restaurant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ses copains avaient organisé une fête dans un resto assez chic, au cœur de Paris.
  2. Au Bouillon Pigalle, nouveau spot apprécié du boulevard de Clichy, la star s'appelle bourguignon aux coquillettes (notre strogonoff à nous). Le lieu est d'ailleurs une moderne réincarnation des bouillons, ces restos populaires de la Belle Époque.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ersto
  • resot
  • ressto
  • restto
  • retso
  • rresto
  • rseto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ersto2resot2ressto1restto1retso2rresto1rseto2
Edit distance from "resto"

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 "resto"?
"resto" is spelled R-E-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.to\.
What does "resto" mean?
As a noun, "resto" means: Variante de restau pour dire restaurant.
What words are commonly confused with "resto"?
"resto" is commonly confused with "Retz", "rust", "rétro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "resto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resto" is \ʁɛs.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resto" come from?
"resto" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tenus#6,348pente#6,328allié#6,362Lampe#6,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

saisie7 variantscoller7 variantscolline7 variantscosta7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list