retirado
[ret̪iˈɾað̞o]
The verdict
“retirado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,111
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Distante, apartado, desviado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retirado · retirado · Spanish
retirado · rank #6,111 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,111
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH retos
Nearest frequency peer: retos (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “retirado”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- recurrir
recurrir
93,893 corpus weight
- referirse
referirse
93,892 corpus weight
- retirado
retirado
93,890 corpus weight
- retos
retos
93,889 corpus weight
- retraso
retraso
93,888 corpus weight
- reunido
reunido
93,887 corpus weight
What this shows “retirado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retirado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ret̪iˈɾað̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “retirado”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around retirado (IPA [ret̪iˈɾað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,111 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for retirado, with forms such as "ertirado", "reitrado", and "retiardo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "retiro", "retrato", "retirar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is retirado, spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Distante, apartado, desviado.
- 2Dícese del militar que deja oficialmente el servicio, conservando algunos derechos.
- 3Apartado de la sociedad o del trato con los demás.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how retirado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He llevado una vida muy retirada y no tengo amigos a los que recurrir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertirado
- reitrado
- retiardo
- retiraddo
- retiraod
- retirdao
- retirrado
- retriado
- rettirado
- rretirado
- rteirado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retirado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retirado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).