Which to use
“restée” is an adjective and “restez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,073
- “restée” frequency rank
- #6,747
- “restez” frequency rank
- 11820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restée | restez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de resté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rester. |
Same sound, different letters: restée vs restez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: restée vs restez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: restée and restez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɛs.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11820, 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\. restez is at rank #6,747, tagged as averb, 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 11820, this pair ranks #407,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of restée vs restez
Shared letters: erst. Private to "restée": é. Private to "restez": z.
"restée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "restez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- restez ← erstez · resetz · resstez · restezz · resttez · restze · retsez · rrestez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "restée" and "restez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "restée" or "restez" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "restée" / "restez". 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 "restez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restée" and "restez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resterez vs restez". 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 #407,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.