retratan
[reˈt̪ɾat̪ãn]
The verdict
“retratan” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,130
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retratar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retratan · retratan · Spanish
retratan · rank #42,130 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,130
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH retomado
Nearest frequency peer: retomado (-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 “retratan”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- republicani…
republicanismo
57,874 corpus weight
- reseñado
reseñado
57,873 corpus weight
- retomado
retomado
57,872 corpus weight
- retratan
retratan
57,871 corpus weight
- reveladas
reveladas
57,870 corpus weight
- revivió
revivió
57,869 corpus weight
What this shows “retratan” 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 | retratan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [reˈt̪ɾat̪ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “retratan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around retratan (IPA [reˈt̪ɾat̪ãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,130 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retratar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for retratan, with forms such as "ertratan", "rertatan", and "retartan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "retrato", "retratos", "retratar", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is retratan, spelled R-E-T-R-A-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retratar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertratan
- rertatan
- retartan
- retraatn
- retratann
- retratna
- retrattan
- retrratan
- retrtaan
- rettratan
- rretratan
- rteratan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retratan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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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).