Which to use
“recto” and “resto” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,355
- “recto” frequency rank
- #6,341
- “resto” frequency rank
- 30696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recto | resto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première page d’un feuillet, par opposition au verso, qui est la seconde page, celle qui se trouve au revers du feuillet. | Variante de restau pour dire restaurant. |
Where the eye mixes recto and resto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between recto and resto
A purely visual mix-up. recto (\ʁɛk.to\) and resto (\ʁɛs.to\) 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 a single letter - c in “recto” becomes s in “resto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recto is recorded at frequency rank #24,355, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛk.to\. resto is at rank #6,341, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛs.to\.
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 30696, this pair ranks #308,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recto vs resto
Shared letters: eort. Private to "recto": c. Private to "resto": s.
"recto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "resto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recto" and "resto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recto" vs "resto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "resto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recto" and "resto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Recep vs recto". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #308,551 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.