retrógrado
[reˈt̪ɾoɣ̞ɾað̞o]
The verdict
“retrógrado” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #37,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,837
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene ideas anticuadas o propias de tiempos pasados, especialmente en lo que refiere a la moral o la política.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retrogrado · retrógrado · Spanish
retrógrado · rank #37,837 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,837
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,955
- PHOTO-FINISH retiramos
Nearest frequency peer: retiramos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “retrógrado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rescisión
rescisión
62,167 corpus weight
- restringidos
restringidos
62,166 corpus weight
- retiramos
retiramos
62,165 corpus weight
- retrógrado
retrógrado
62,164 corpus weight
- RFC
RFC
62,163 corpus weight
- riel
riel
62,161 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “retrógrado” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retrógrado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [reˈt̪ɾoɣ̞ɾað̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retrógrado” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around retrógrado (IPA [reˈt̪ɾoɣ̞ɾað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,837 among 48,955 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for retrógrado, with forms such as "ertrógrado", "rertógrado", and "retrgórado". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is retrógrado, spelled R-E-T-R-Ó-G-R-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene ideas anticuadas o propias de tiempos pasados, especialmente en lo que refiere a la moral o la política.
- 2Que retrograda, que retrocede.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertrógrado
- rertógrado
- retrgórado
- retrrógrado
- retrógardo
- retróggrado
- retrógraddo
- retrógraod
- retrógrdao
- retrógrrado
- retrórgado
- rettrógrado
- retórgrado
- rretrógrado
- rterógrado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retrógrado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retrógrado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.