retardados
[ret̪aɾˈð̞að̞os]
The verdict
“retardados” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,481 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,481
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de retardado, participio de retardar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retardados · retardados · Spanish
retardados · rank #66,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,481
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH restrictivos
Nearest frequency peer: restrictivos (-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 “retardados”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- resguardados
resguardados
33,523 corpus weight
- resonando
resonando
33,522 corpus weight
- restrictivos
restrictivos
33,521 corpus weight
- retardados
retardados
33,520 corpus weight
- retractación
retractación
33,519 corpus weight
- revirtió
revirtió
33,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “retardados” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retardados |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [ret̪aɾˈð̞að̞os] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “retardados” en español
Rare enough to double-check
retardados is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,481 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [ret̪aɾˈð̞að̞os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de retardado, participio de retardar.".
retardados has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is retardados, spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-A-D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de retardado, participio de retardar.
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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