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

#39,973
“retirará” frequency rank
#7,783
“retirarse” frequency rank
47756
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature retirará retirarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de retirar o de retirarse. Quitarse o alejarse de algo o alguien, de modo de no estar en contacto.

Where the eye mixes retirará and retirarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. retirará runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against retirarse's 9 (CVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
retirará
9 ch
retirarse

Visual trap between retirará and retirarse

A purely visual mix-up. retirará ([ret̪iɾaˈɾa]) and retirarse ([ret̪iˈɾaɾse]) 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 47756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

retirará is recorded at frequency rank #39,973, classified as averb, pronounced [ret̪iɾaˈɾa]. retirarse is at rank #7,783, tagged as averb, pronounced [ret̪iˈɾaɾse].

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 47756, this pair ranks #118,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of retirará vs retirarse

Shared letters: aeirt. Private to "retirará": á. Private to "retirarse": s.

"retirará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "retirarse" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • retirarse ← ertirarse · reitrarse · retiarrse · retirarce · retirares · retirarrse · retirarsse · retirasre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "retirará" for "retirarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ret̪iɾaˈɾa] versus [ret̪iˈɾaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "retirará" or "retirarse"?
"retirarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,783 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "retirará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "retirarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "retirará" and "retirarse" 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 #118,303 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