restituévsrestituésConfusable pair

Quick tell: restitué is a adjective, restitués is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“restitué” is an adjective and “restitués” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,438
“restitué” frequency rank
#49,911
“restitués” frequency rank
83349
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature restitué restitués
Definition Qui a subi une restitution. Participe passé masculin pluriel de restituer.

Same sound, different letters: restitué vs restitués

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. restitué runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against restitués's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
restitué
9 ch
restitués

Same sound, different spelling - restitué / restitués

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: restitué and restitués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɛs.ti.tɥe\. 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 extra letter(s) - “restitué” sits inside “restitués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

restitué is recorded at frequency rank #33,438, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.ti.tɥe\. restitués is at rank #49,911, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛs.ti.tɥe\.

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 83349, this pair ranks #14,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of restitué vs restitués

Shared letters: eirstué. Private to "restitué": -. Private to "restitués": -.

"restitué" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "restitués" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "restitué" and "restitués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "restitué" is an adjective and "restitués" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "restitué" vs "restitués" - which ranks higher?
"restitué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,438 in our French list, against #49,911 for "restitués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "restitué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "restitués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "restitué" and "restitués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "restituée vs restitués". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #14,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list