Which to use
“restées” and “restés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,550
- “restées” frequency rank
- #6,231
- “restés” frequency rank
- 20781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restées | restés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de resté. | Masculin pluriel de resté. |
Same sound, different letters: restées vs restés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. restées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against restés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: restées vs restés
This is the hard kind. restées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
restées is recorded at frequency rank #14,550, 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 20781, this pair ranks #366,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of restées vs restés
Shared letters: ersté. Private to "restées": -. Private to "restés": -.
"restées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "restées" and "restés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "restées" or "restés"?
What to do next
"restées" and "restés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "restées" 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 #366,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restées" and "restés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasées vs restées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #366,538 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.