Which to use
“reste” is a noun and “restée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #205
- “reste” frequency rank
- #5,073
- “restée” frequency rank
- 5278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reste | restée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Féminin singulier de resté. |
Where the eye mixes reste and restée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between reste and restée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reste is \ʁɛst\ while restée 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 5278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reste is recorded at frequency rank #205, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛst\. restée is at rank #5,073, 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 5278, this pair ranks #429,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reste vs restée
Shared letters: erst. Private to "reste": -. Private to "restée": é.
"reste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "restée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- reste ← erste · resste · restte · retse · rreste · rsete
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reste" and "restée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "reste" vs "restée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "reste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "restée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reste" and "restée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "restée vs rustre". 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 #429,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.