rete
[ˈret̪e]
The verdict
“rete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,893 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,893
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de retar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rete · rete · Spanish
rete · rank #61,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,893
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH resumía
Nearest frequency peer: resumía (-2 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 “rete”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- reprendió
reprendió
38,112 corpus weight
- resolveremos
resolveremos
38,111 corpus weight
- resumía
resumía
38,110 corpus weight
- rete
rete
38,108 corpus weight
- retornando
retornando
38,106 corpus weight
- retoños
retoños
38,105 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rete” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈret̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rete” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,893 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈret̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rete, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is rete, spelled R-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de retar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de retar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo 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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