retan
[ˈret̪ãn]
The verdict
“retan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,253 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,253
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retan · retan · Spanish
retan · rank #67,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,253
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH resplandecien…
Nearest frequency peer: resplandecientes (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “retan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- requesón
requesón
32,751 corpus weight
- resbalón
resbalón
32,750 corpus weight
- resplandeci…
resplandecientes
32,749 corpus weight
- retan
retan
32,748 corpus weight
- retenga
retenga
32,747 corpus weight
- revelarán
revelarán
32,746 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “retan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈret̪ãn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “retan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
retan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,253 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈret̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for retan in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is retan, spelled R-E-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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