# restau vs resto

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### restau
*noun · IPA \ʁɛs.to\ · frequency rank #17,805*
Restaurant.

### resto
*noun · IPA \ʁɛs.to\ · frequency rank #6,341*
Variante de restau pour dire restaurant.

## Source
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