retrasado mental
[ret̪ɾaˈsað̞o mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
The verdict
“retrasado mental” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, que padece algún tipo de discapacidad intelectual.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retrasado mental |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ret̪ɾaˈsað̞o mẽn̪ˈt̪al] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retrasado mental” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for retrasado mental is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ret̪ɾaˈsað̞o mẽn̪ˈt̪al]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dicho de una persona, que padece algún tipo de discapacidad intelectual.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for retrasado mental, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is retrasado mental, spelled R-E-T-R-A-S-A-D-O- -M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, que padece algún tipo de discapacidad intelectual.
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.
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Using “retrasado mental”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-T-R-A-S-A-D-O- -M-E-N-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ret̪ɾaˈsað̞o mẽn̪ˈt̪al] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.