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retiral

/ɹəˈtaɪɹəl/noun

retiral is spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, retiral means “Withdrawal, retreat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of retiral is retirals.

How many letters and syllables are in retiral?

Letters7: R-E-T-I-R-A-L
In writingabout once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is retiral?

Retiral appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce retiral?

  • UK /ɹɪˈtaɪ(ə)ɹəl/
  • US /ɹəˈtaɪɹəl/
  • US /ɹiˈtaɪɹəl/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with retiral?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as retiral from its last stressed vowel (/aɪɹəl/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: trailer, retrial.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of retiral

  • retirals plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does retiral mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    ScotlandWithdrawal, retreat.

  2. 2

    ScotlandRetirement from employment.

  3. 3

    The act of taking up a bill when due.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does retiral come from?

From retire + -al.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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