Which to use
“restent” and “restons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,973
- “restent” frequency rank
- #11,654
- “restons” frequency rank
- 13627
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restent | restons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rester. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rester. |
Where the eye mixes restent and restons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between restent and restons
A purely visual mix-up. restent (\ʁɛst\) and restons (\ʁɛs.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
restent is recorded at frequency rank #1,973, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛst\. restons is at rank #11,654, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛs.tɔ̃\.
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 13627, this pair ranks #400,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of restent vs restons
Shared letters: enrst. Private to "restent": -. Private to "restons": o.
"restent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "restons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "restent" and "restons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "restent" or "restons" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "restent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "restons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restent" and "restons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "restons vs résumons". 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 #400,226 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.