retrete

/[reˈt̪ɾet̪e]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,857

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

retrete is aSpanishnoun. It means: Recipiente para recoger y evacuar los excrementos humanos hacia la instalación de saneamiento y que (mediante un cierre de sifón de agua limpia) impide la salida de los olores de la alcantarilla ha... Pronounced [reˈt̪ɾet̪e]. Often confused with reírte and retrato.

Key facts for retrete
PropertyValue
Headwordretrete
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈt̪ɾet̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,857
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for retrete is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈt̪ɾet̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,857 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Recipiente para recoger y evacuar los excrementos humanos hacia la instalación de saneamiento y que (mediante un cierre de sifón de agua limpia) impide la salida de los olores de la alcantarilla ha...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for retrete, with forms such as "ertrete", "rertete", and "reterte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "reírte", "retrato", "regrese", 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 retrete, spelled R-E-T-R-E-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recipiente para recoger y evacuar los excrementos humanos hacia la instalación de saneamiento y que (mediante un cierre de sifón de agua limpia) impide la salida de los olores de la alcantarilla hacia los espacios habitados

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ertrete,rertete,reterte,retreet,retrette,retrrete,retrtee,rettrete,rretrete,rterete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for retrete

Misspelling Variants of "retrete"

ertrete7rertete7reterte7retreet7retrette8retrrete8retrtee7rettrete8
Misspelling Variants of "retrete"

Frequency rank: #32,857 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retrete"?
"retrete" is spelled R-E-T-R-E-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈt̪ɾet̪e].
What does "retrete" mean?
As a noun, "retrete" means: Recipiente para recoger y evacuar los excrementos humanos hacia la instalación de saneamiento y que (mediante un cierre de sifón de agua limpia) impide la salida de los olores de la alcantarilla ha...
What words are commonly confused with "retrete"?
"retrete" is commonly confused with "reírte", "retrato", "regrese". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retrete"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retrete" is [reˈt̪ɾet̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retrete" come from?
"retrete" 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.