retirer

\ʁə.ti.ʁe\

/\ʁə.ti.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“retirer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,448
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer à nouveau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retirer · retirer · French

retirer · rank #2,448 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,448
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH responsables

Nearest frequency peer: responsables (-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 « retirer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retirer » 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).

retirer vs retirés
71% similar
retirer vs retirez
86% similar
retirer vs retirera
88% similar

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

Key facts for retirer
PropertyValue
Headwordretirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ti.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,448
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retirer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).retirerse 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 « responsables » (#2,447), « retourne » (#2,449), « représentants » (#2,446). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retirer » est au #2,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around retirer (IPA \ʁə.ti.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,448 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Tirer à nouveau.
  2. 2
    Ramener en arrière, ramener à soi.
  3. 3
    Tirer une personne, une chose d’un lieu où elle avait été mise, où elle était entrée.
  4. 4
    Reprendre, enlever.
  5. 5
    Faire sortir de.
  6. 6
    S’en aller ou s’éloigner d’un lieu.
  7. 7
    Quitter la profession qu’on exerçait, le genre de vie qu’on menait.
  8. 8
    Aller dans un lieu pour y établir sa retraite.
  9. 9
    Se dit des eaux qui rentrent dans leur lit après avoir monté, après avoir débordé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le livre a été retiré à 5 000 exemplaires.
  2. Retirer sa main, son bras, sa tête pour éviter un coup.

Synonyms

enleverpriveréloignerôterdépouillersupprimerannuler

Antonyms

mettredéposerrapprocher

This word in other languages

reprint(English)retirar(Español)zurückziehen(Deutsch)retirar(Português)

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.

ertirer2reitrer2retierr2retirerr1retirre2retirrer1retrier2rettirer1
Edit distance from "retirer"

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 "retirer"?
"retirer" is spelled R-E-T-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ti.ʁe\.
What does "retirer" mean?
As a verb, "retirer" means: Tirer à nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "retirer"?
"retirer" is commonly confused with "retirés", "retirez", "retirera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retirer" is \ʁə.ti.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retirer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

prouver#2,443progrès#2,442passent#2,438accepte#2,459

Similar misspelling depth

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

officielle10 variantsfournir10 variantsmeurtre10 variantsterrible10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list