# retry

> English word · Verb · IPA /riˈtɹaɪ/ · frequency rank #49,014

## Definitions
1. To try or attempt again.
2. To try judicially a second time.

## Etymology
From re- + try.

## Easily confused with
- **Rey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retry-vs-rey)
- **Rory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retry-vs-rory)
- **return** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retry-vs-return)
- **rotary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retry-vs-rotary)
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ret-vs-retry)
- **rear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rear-vs-retry)
- **rely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rely-vs-retry)
- **ready** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ready-vs-retry)
- **reply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reply-vs-retry)
- **relay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relay-vs-retry)
- **retro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retro-vs-retry)
- **repay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repay-vs-retry)
- **Reddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reddy-vs-retry)
- **reedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reedy-vs-retry)
- **retire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retire-vs-retry)
- **retard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retard-vs-retry)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retort-vs-retry)
- **rectory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectory-vs-retry)
- **reentry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reentry-vs-retry)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ertry`, `rerty`, `retrry`, `retryy`, `rettry`, `retyr`, `rretry`, `rtery`

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