retiring
/ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/
"retiring" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“retiring” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,660
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-retiring · retiring · English
retiring · rank #9,660 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,660
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH restrict
Nearest frequency peer: restrict (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “retiring”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- reproductive
reproductive
90,345 corpus weight
- restrict
restrict
90,342 corpus weight
- retiring
retiring
90,341 corpus weight
- ribs
ribs
90,339 corpus weight
- righteous
righteous
90,338 corpus weight
- rivalry
rivalry
90,337 corpus weight
What this shows “retiring” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retiring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “retiring”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around retiring (IPA /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,660 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for retiring, with forms such as "ertiring", "reitring", and "retiirng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "reviving", "returning", "rearing", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is retiring, spelled R-E-T-I-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how retiring appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
My uncle, as I can remember, was retiring in his disposition, scarcely ever visiting any one and not more frequently receiving any visitors.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertiring
- reitring
- retiirng
- retirign
- retiringg
- retirinng
- retirnig
- retirring
- retriing
- rettiring
- rretiring
- rteiring
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retiring - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).