retirer
\ʁə.ti.ʁe\
The verdict
“retirer” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,448 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,448
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tirer à nouveau.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retirer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.ti.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retirer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for retirer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.ti.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,448 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for retirer, with forms such as "ertirer", "reitrer", and "retierr". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "retirés", "retirez", "retirera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is retirer, spelled R-E-T-I-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tirer à nouveau.
- 2Ramener en arrière, ramener à soi.
- 3Tirer une personne, une chose d’un lieu où elle avait été mise, où elle était entrée.
- 4Reprendre, enlever.
- 5Faire sortir de.
- 6S’en aller ou s’éloigner d’un lieu.
- 7Quitter la profession qu’on exerçait, le genre de vie qu’on menait.
- 8Aller dans un lieu pour y établir sa retraite.
- 9Se dit des eaux qui rentrent dans leur lit après avoir monté, après avoir débordé.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ertirer,reitrer,retierr,retirerr,retirre,retirrer,retrier,rettirer,rretirer,rteirer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retirer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “retirer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-I-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.ti.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “retirés” - see the side-by-side comparison. retirer vs retirés
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.