retrete
[reˈt̪ɾet̪e]
The verdict
“retrete” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,857 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
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 | retrete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈt̪ɾet̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retrete” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for retrete is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for retrete, with forms such as "ertrete", "rertete", and "reterte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "reírte", "retrato", "regrese", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is retrete, spelled R-E-T-R-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Recipiente 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
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ertrete,rertete,reterte,retreet,retrette,retrrete,retrtee,rettrete,rretrete,rterete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retrete - 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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Using “retrete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-T-R-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [reˈt̪ɾet̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “reírte” - see the side-by-side comparison. retrete vs reírte
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.