Which to use
“reste” and “resto” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #205
- “reste” frequency rank
- #6,341
- “resto” frequency rank
- 6546
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reste | resto |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Variante de restau pour dire restaurant. |
Where the eye mixes reste and resto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses reste with resto
A purely visual mix-up. reste (\ʁɛst\) and resto (\ʁɛs.to\) 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 a single letter - e in “reste” becomes o in “resto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reste is recorded at frequency rank #205, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛst\. resto is at rank #6,341, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛs.to\.
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 6546, this pair ranks #425,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reste vs resto
Shared letters: erst. Private to "reste": -. Private to "resto": o.
"reste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "resto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reste" for "resto" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reste" or "resto"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reste" and "resto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "resto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reste" and "resto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resto vs Rostov". 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 #425,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.