retardar
[ret̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
The verdict
“retardar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #74,037 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #74,037
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer que algo ocurra después del tiempo debido o previsto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retardar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ret̪aɾˈð̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retardar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for retardar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ret̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,037 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hacer que algo ocurra después del tiempo debido o previsto.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for retardar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is retardar, spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que algo ocurra después del tiempo debido o previsto.
Synonyms
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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Using “retardar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-T-A-R-D-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ret̪aɾˈð̞aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.