retirar

/[ret̪iˈɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,429

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

retirar is aSpanishverb. It means: Quitar o alejar a algo o alguien de una cosa o persona, de modo que no estén en contacto. Pronounced [ret̪iˈɾaɾ]. It ranks #5,429 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with retiro and retire.

Key facts for retirar
PropertyValue
Headwordretirar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ret̪iˈɾaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,429
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of retirar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for retirar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ret̪iˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,429 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for retirar, with forms such as "ertirar", "reitrar", and "retiarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "retiro", "retire", "revisar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is retirar, spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quitar o alejar a algo o alguien de una cosa o persona, de modo que no estén en contacto.
  2. 2
    Quitar o alejar algo de modo que no sea visible.
  3. 3
    Sacar o alejar a una persona de una actividad.
  4. 4
    Desdecirse de lo dicho anteriormente.
  5. 5
    No dar más una cosa, negar lo que antes se daba.
  6. 6
    Hablando de dinero, sacarlo de la cuenta bancaria.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ertirar,reitrar,retiarr,retirarr,retirra,retirrar,retriar,rettirar,rretirar,rteirar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for retirar

Misspelling Variants of "retirar"

ertirar7reitrar7retiarr7retirarr8retirra7retirrar8retriar7rettirar8
Misspelling Variants of "retirar"

Frequency rank: #5,429 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retirar"?
"retirar" is spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ret̪iˈɾaɾ].
What does "retirar" mean?
As a verb, "retirar" means: Quitar o alejar a algo o alguien de una cosa o persona, de modo que no estén en contacto.
What words are commonly confused with "retirar"?
"retirar" is commonly confused with "retiro", "retire", "revisar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retirar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retirar" is [ret̪iˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retirar" come from?
"retirar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.