Which to use
“ratées” and “restées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,024
- “ratées” frequency rank
- #14,550
- “restées” frequency rank
- 51574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ratées | restées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de raté. | Féminin pluriel de resté. |
Where the eye mixes ratées and restées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ratées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against restées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ratées vs restées
A purely visual mix-up. ratées (\ʁa.te\) and restées (\ʁɛs.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ratées is recorded at frequency rank #37,024, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.te\. restées is at rank #14,550, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51574, this pair ranks #154,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ratées vs restées
Shared letters: ersté. Private to "ratées": a. Private to "restées": -.
"ratées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "restées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ratées" and "restées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ratées" or "restées" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ratées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "restées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ratées" and "restées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs ratées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #154,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.