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“resto” and “rosto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#974
“resto” frequency rank
#1,199
“rosto” frequency rank
2173
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resto rosto
Definition o que fica ou sobra face, cara

Letter map: resto vs rosto

Shared letters muted; letters that set resto and rosto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
resto
5 ch
rosto

Corpus notes: resto and rosto

resto and rosto are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - e in “resto” becomes o in “rosto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resto is recorded at frequency rank #974, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRɛʃ.tu/. rosto is at rank #1,199, tagged as anoun.

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 2173, this pair ranks #73,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of resto vs rosto

Shared letters: orst. Private to "resto": e. Private to "rosto": -.

"resto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "rosto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • restoersto · resot · ressto · restto · retso · rresto · rseto
  • rostoorsto · rosot · rossto · rostto · rotso · rrosto · rsoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resto" and "rosto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - e in “resto” becomes o in “rosto”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "resto" vs "rosto" - which ranks higher?
"resto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #974 in our Portuguese list, against #1,199 for "rosto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "resto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rosto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resto" and "rosto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rossio vs rosto". 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 #73,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list