retribuir

/[ret̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,599

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

retribuir is aSpanishverb. It means: Dar o hacer algo para corresponder, recompensar, reciprocar, remunerar, pagar o reconocer un favor, servicio o beneficio. Pronounced [ret̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ].

Key facts for retribuir
PropertyValue
Headwordretribuir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ret̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for retribuir is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ret̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,599 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dar o hacer algo para corresponder, recompensar, reciprocar, remunerar, pagar o reconocer un favor, servicio o beneficio.".

No misspelling variants are generated for retribuir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 retribuir, spelled R-E-T-R-I-B-U-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar o hacer algo para corresponder, recompensar, reciprocar, remunerar, pagar o reconocer un favor, servicio o beneficio.

Frequency rank: #59,599 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retribuir"?
"retribuir" is spelled R-E-T-R-I-B-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ret̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ].
What does "retribuir" mean?
As a verb, "retribuir" means: Dar o hacer algo para corresponder, recompensar, reciprocar, remunerar, pagar o reconocer un favor, servicio o beneficio.
How do you pronounce "retribuir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retribuir" is [ret̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retribuir" come from?
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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.