retirait

\ʁə.ti.ʁɛ\

/\ʁə.ti.ʁɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“retirait” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,569
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de retirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retirait · retirait · French

retirait · rank #36,569 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,569
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reprendront

Nearest frequency peer: reprendront (-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 « retirait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retirait » 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).

retirait vs retrait
88% similar
retirait vs retraite
75% similar
retirait vs retirent
75% similar

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

Key facts for retirait
PropertyValue
Headwordretirait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ti.ʁɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,569
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retirait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.retiraitse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reprendront » (#36,568), « reviews » (#36,570), « rengaine » (#36,567). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retirait » est au #36,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around retirait (IPA \ʁə.ti.ʁɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,569 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de retirer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for retirait, with forms such as "ertirait", "reitrait", and "retiarit". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "retrait", "retraite", "retirent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is retirait, spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de retirer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il interroge le rapport du je au moi en lui ; comme si ce je se retirait, comme si s’opérait une soustraction du je, au profit d’un moi sur-narcissisé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertirait
  • reitrait
  • retiarit
  • retiraitt
  • retirati
  • retiriat
  • retirrait
  • retriait
  • rettirait
  • rretirait
  • rteirait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retirait - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ertirait2reitrait2retiarit2retiraitt1retirati2retiriat2retirrait1retriait2
Edit distance from "retirait"

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 "retirait"?
"retirait" is spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ti.ʁɛ\.
What does "retirait" mean?
As a verb, "retirait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de retirer.
What words are commonly confused with "retirait"?
"retirait" is commonly confused with "retrait", "retraite", "retirent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retirait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retirait" is \ʁə.ti.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retirait" come from?
"retirait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rengaine#36,567relégués#36,566relâchée#36,565recevais#36,559

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

rénovés11 variantsrachats11 variantspédaler11 variantspoussettes11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list