Which to use
“rester” is a verb and “restés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #660
- “rester” frequency rank
- #6,231
- “restés” frequency rank
- 6891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rester | restés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Continuer d’être à un endroit ou dans un état. | Masculin pluriel de resté. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rester and restés apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rester and restés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɛs.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 6891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rester is recorded at frequency rank #660, classified as averb, 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 6891, this pair ranks #424,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rester vs restés
Shared letters: erst. Private to "rester": -. Private to "restés": é.
"rester" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rester ← erster · resetr · resster · resterr · restre · restter · retser · rrester