Which to use
“restée” and “restés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,073
- “restée” frequency rank
- #6,231
- “restés” frequency rank
- 11304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restée | restés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de resté. | Masculin pluriel de resté. |
Same sound, different letters: restée vs restés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - restée / restés
This is the hard kind. restée and restés are pronounced identically (\ʁɛs.te\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “restée” becomes s in “restés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
restée is recorded at frequency rank #5,073, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.te\. 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 11304, this pair ranks #409,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of restée vs restés
Shared letters: ersté. Private to "restée": -. Private to "restés": -.
"restée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "restée" and "restés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "restée" or "restés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "restée" / "restés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "restée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "restés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restée" and "restés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs restés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #409,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.