Which to use
“resta” is a noun and “restés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,063
- “resta” frequency rank
- #6,231
- “restés” frequency rank
- 16294
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | resta | restés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Star. | Masculin pluriel de resté. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set resta 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: resta is \ʁəs.ta\ while restés is \ʁɛs.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
resta is recorded at frequency rank #10,063, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁəs.ta\. 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 16294, this pair ranks #388,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of resta vs restés
Shared letters: erst. Private to "resta": a. Private to "restés": é.
"resta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- resta ← ersta · resat · ressta · restta · retsa · rresta · rseta