Which to use
“reste” is a noun and “restés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #205
- “reste” frequency rank
- #6,231
- “restés” frequency rank
- 6436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reste | restés |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de resté. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reste 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: reste is \ʁɛst\ 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 6436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reste is recorded at frequency rank #205, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛst\. 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 6436, this pair ranks #426,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reste vs restés
Shared letters: erst. Private to "reste": -. Private to "restés": é.
"reste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reste ← erste · resste · restte · retse · rreste · rsete