retraité

/ʁǝt.ʁe.te/

//ʁǝt.ʁe.te// adj

The verdict

“retraité” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jubilado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-retraite · retraité · Spanish

retraité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for retraité
PropertyValue
Headwordretraité
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ʁǝt.ʁe.te/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “retraité” en español

retraitéqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

retraité is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʁǝt.ʁe.te/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jubilado.".

retraité has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is retraité, spelled R-E-T-R-A-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jubilado.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retraité"?
"retraité" is spelled R-E-T-R-A-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is /ʁǝt.ʁe.te/.
What does "retraité" mean?
As an adjective, "retraité" means: Jubilado.
How do you pronounce "retraité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retraité" is /ʁǝt.ʁe.te/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retraité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list