retarde

\ʁə.taʁd\

/\ʁə.taʁd\/ verb

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The verdict

“retarde” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,160
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de retarder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retarde · retarde · French

retarde · rank #26,160 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,160
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ressentait

Nearest frequency peer: ressentait (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « retarde »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « retarde » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

retarde vs retiré
57% similar
retarde vs retirée
71% similar
retarde vs retards
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for retarde
PropertyValue
Headwordretarde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.taʁd\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,160
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retarde »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).retardese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ressentait » (#26,159), « root » (#26,161), « reproduise » (#26,158). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retarde » est au #26,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around retarde (IPA \ʁə.taʁd\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,160 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for retarde, with forms such as "ertarde", "reatrde", and "retadre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "retiré", "retirée", "retards", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is retarde, spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de retarder.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de retarder.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de retarder.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de retarder.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de retarder

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how retarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La douleur n’est qu’un accident de ce mouvement vital ; loin de le favoriser, elle lui nuit au contraire ; elle retarde le rétablissement de l’ordre; elle favorise, comme nous allons le voir, les causes qui tendent à désalcaliser le sang.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertarde
  • reatrde
  • retadre
  • retardde
  • retared
  • retarrde
  • retrade
  • rettarde
  • rretarde
  • rtearde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retarde - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ertarde2reatrde2retadre2retardde1retared2retarrde1retrade2rettarde1
Edit distance from "retarde"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retarde"?
"retarde" is spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.taʁd\.
What does "retarde" mean?
As a verb, "retarde" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de retarder.
What words are commonly confused with "retarde"?
"retarde" is commonly confused with "retiré", "retirée", "retards". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retarde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retarde" is \ʁə.taʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retarde" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retarde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sauvent#26,175sauvera#26,176pronoms#26,143sentira#26,181

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

prévôt10 variantsportais10 variantssituant10 variantsperfide10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list