Which to use
“restées” is an adjective and “restez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,550
- “restées” frequency rank
- #6,747
- “restez” frequency rank
- 21297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restées | restez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de resté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rester. |
Same sound, different letters: restées vs restez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. restées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against restez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - restées and restez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: restées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21297, 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\. 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 21297, this pair ranks #363,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of restées vs restez
Shared letters: erst. Private to "restées": é. Private to "restez": z.
"restées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "restez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- restez ← erstez · resetz · resstez · restezz · resttez · restze · retsez · rrestez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "restées" 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 #363,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restées" and "restez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasées vs restées". 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 #363,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.