restésvsrestoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: restés is a adjective, resto is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“restés” is an adjective and “resto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,231
“restés” frequency rank
#6,341
“resto” frequency rank
12572
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature restés resto
Definition Masculin pluriel de resté. Variante de restau pour dire restaurant.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set restés and resto apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
restés
5 ch
resto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: restés is \ʁɛs.te\ while resto is \ʁɛs.to\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

restés is recorded at frequency rank #6,231, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.te\. resto is at rank #6,341, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛs.to\.

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 12572, this pair ranks #404,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of restés vs resto

Shared letters: erst. Private to "restés": é. Private to "resto": o.

"restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "resto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • restoersto · resot · ressto · restto · retso · rresto · rseto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "restés" and "resto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "restés" is an adjective and "resto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "restés" or "resto"?
"restés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,231 in our French list, against #6,341 for "resto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list