Which to use
“rest” is a verb and “restés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,744
- “rest” frequency rank
- #6,231
- “restés” frequency rank
- 30975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rest | restés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe rêtre. | Masculin pluriel de resté. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rest and restés apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rest is \ʁɛ\ while restés is \ʁɛs.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rest” sits inside “restés”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rest is recorded at frequency rank #24,744, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ\. restés is at rank #6,231, 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 30975, this pair ranks #306,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rest vs restés
Shared letters: erst. Private to "rest": -. Private to "restés": é.
"rest" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rest ← erst · resst · restt · rets · rrest · rset