retirement
/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/noun
retirement is spelled R-E-T-I-R-E-M-E-N-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 34 times per million words in written English, the 2,831st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, retirement means “An act of retiring; withdrawal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of retirement is retirements.
How many letters and syllables are in retirement?
| Letters | 10: R-E-T-I-R-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 34 times per million words; the 2,831st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is retirement?
Retirement appears 34 times per million words in written English, the 2,831st 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 retirement?
- UK /ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/
Retirement has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-retirement.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of retirement
- retirements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retirement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of retiring; withdrawal.
- 2
The state of being retired; seclusion.
- 3
archaicA place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.
- 4
The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
- 5
The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate retirement?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of retirement: Ret..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Retirement in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | retraite |
| German | Rente, Ruhestand , Lebensabend, Pension |
| Portuguese | reforma, aposentamento, aposentadoria, retiramento, retirada, isolamento |
| Spanish | jubilación, retirada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does retirement come from?
From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).