retrasar
[ret̪ɾaˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“retrasar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,808
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer que algo llegue o suceda más tarde del tiempo debido o acordado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retrasar · retrasar · Spanish
retrasar · rank #17,808 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,808
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH revisada
Nearest frequency peer: revisada (+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 “retrasar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- relámpago
relámpago
82,196 corpus weight
- rendido
rendido
82,195 corpus weight
- retrasar
retrasar
82,193 corpus weight
- revisada
revisada
82,192 corpus weight
- rotundo
rotundo
82,191 corpus weight
- sable
sable
82,190 corpus weight
What this shows “retrasar” 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 | retrasar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ret̪ɾaˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “retrasar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around retrasar (IPA [ret̪ɾaˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,808 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for retrasar, with forms such as "ertrasar", "rertasar", and "retarsar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "retraso", "retrasos", "retratar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is retrasar, spelled R-E-T-R-A-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que algo llegue o suceda más tarde del tiempo debido o acordado.
- 2Atrasar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertrasar
- rertasar
- retarsar
- retraasr
- retrasarr
- retrasra
- retrassar
- retrrasar
- retrsaar
- rettrasar
- rretrasar
- rterasar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retrasar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "retrasar", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).