Restaraunt or restaurant?
Did you mean restaurant? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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restaraunt
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restaurant
Correct spelling: restaurant. Misspelling: restaraunt.
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Memory tip
Rest + au + rant: rest-AU-rant.
Why people write “restaraunt”
“restaraunt” has all the right letters, but the U is in the wrong place.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make restaurant automatic.
Other misspellings of “restaurant”
People also write “resturant” and “restuarant”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“resturant”
Correct spelling: restaurant. Misspelling: resturant.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “resturant” is only one letter off: it leaves out the A.
“restuarant”
Correct spelling: restaurant. Misspelling: restuarant.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “restuarant” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of A and U.
What does “restaurant” mean?
restaurant noun
- a building where people go to eat
Synonyms:eatery
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Restaurant” in a sentence
- We ate at a new restaurant.
Is “restaurant” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“restaraunt” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from RESTAURANT.