retiranvsretiraráConfusable pair

Which to use

“retiran” and “retirará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,501
“retiran” frequency rank
#39,973
“retirará” frequency rank
60474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature retiran retirará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retirar o de retirarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de retirar o de retirarse.

Where the eye mixes retiran and retirará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. retiran runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against retirará's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
retiran
8 ch
retirará

Visual trap between retiran and retirará

A purely visual mix-up. retiran ([reˈt̪iɾãn]) and retirará ([ret̪iɾaˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

retiran is recorded at frequency rank #20,501, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈt̪iɾãn]. retirará is at rank #39,973, tagged as averb, pronounced [ret̪iɾaˈɾa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 60474, this pair ranks #58,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of retiran vs retirará

Shared letters: aeirt. Private to "retiran": n. Private to "retirará": á.

"retiran" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "retirará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • retiranertiran · reitran · retiarn · retirann · retirna · retirran · retrian · rettiran

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "retiran" and "retirará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reˈt̪iɾãn] versus [ret̪iɾaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "retiran" or "retirará" show up more?
"retiran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,501 in our Spanish list, against #39,973 for "retirará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "retiran" and "retirará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "retiran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "retirará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "retiran" and "retirará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retirará vs revisará". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #58,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list