Which to use
“restau” and “reste” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,805
- “restau” frequency rank
- #205
- “reste” frequency rank
- 18010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restau | reste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Restaurant. | Ce qui demeure d’un tout, d’une plus grande quantité ; ce qui subsiste d’une chose passée, tant au sens physique qu’au sens moral. |
Where the eye mixes restau and reste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between restau and reste
A purely visual mix-up. restau (\ʁɛs.to\) and reste (\ʁɛst\) 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 18010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
restau is recorded at frequency rank #17,805, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛs.to\. reste is at rank #205, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛst\.
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 18010, this pair ranks #380,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of restau vs reste
Shared letters: erst. Private to "restau": au. Private to "reste": -.
"restau" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "reste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "restau" for "reste" ever safe?
Frequency check: "restau" vs "reste" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "restau" and "reste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "restau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restau" and "reste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasta vs restau". 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 #380,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.