# retail

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiˌteɪl/ · frequency rank #2,757

## Definitions
1. The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.
2. Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal.

## Etymology
From the Old French verb retaillier.

## Easily confused with
- **retain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retail-vs-retain)
- **retard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retail-vs-retard)
- **retake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retail-vs-retake)
- **retains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retail-vs-retains)
- **retrial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retail-vs-retrial)
- **retailer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retail-vs-retailer)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-retail)
- **rail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rail-vs-retail)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renal-vs-retail)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-retail)
- **remain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remain-vs-retail)
- **repair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repair-vs-retail)
- **recall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recall-vs-retail)
- **rental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-retail)
- **regain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-retail)
- **repaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repaid-vs-retail)
- **recoil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recoil-vs-retail)
- **rectal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectal-vs-retail)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ertail`, `reatil`, `retaill`, `retali`, `retial`, `rettail`, `rretail`, `rteail`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/retail