Retes
[ˈret̪es]
The verdict
“Retes” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,763 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,763
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retes · Retes · Spanish
Retes · rank #69,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,763
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH resumidos
Nearest frequency peer: resumidos (-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 “Retes”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- resignar
resignar
30,241 corpus weight
- resumidos
resumidos
30,239 corpus weight
- Retes
Retes
30,238 corpus weight
- retornaron
retornaron
30,237 corpus weight
- Retículo
Retículo
30,236 corpus weight
- revestidas
revestidas
30,235 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Retes” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Retes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈret̪es] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Retes” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Retes is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,763 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈret̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Retes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Retes, spelled R-E-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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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