retorno

/[reˈt̪oɾno]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,040

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

retorno is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de retornar. Pronounced [reˈt̪oɾno]. It ranks #5,040 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with retro and return.

Key facts for retorno
PropertyValue
Headwordretorno
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reˈt̪oɾno]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,040
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for retorno is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈt̪oɾno]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,040 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de retornar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for retorno, with forms such as "ertorno", "reotrno", and "retonro". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "retro", "return", "retornos", 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 retorno, spelled R-E-T-O-R-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de retornar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ertorno,reotrno,retonro,retornno,retoron,retorrno,retrono,rettorno,rretorno,rteorno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for retorno

Misspelling Variants of "retorno"

ertorno7reotrno7retonro7retornno8retoron7retorrno8retrono7rettorno8
Misspelling Variants of "retorno"

Frequency rank: #5,040 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retorno"?
"retorno" is spelled R-E-T-O-R-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈt̪oɾno].
What does "retorno" mean?
As a verb, "retorno" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de retornar.
What words are commonly confused with "retorno"?
"retorno" is commonly confused with "retro", "return", "retornos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retorno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retorno" is [reˈt̪oɾno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retorno" come from?
"retorno" 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.