retirez

\ʁə.ti.ʁe\

/\ʁə.ti.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“retirez” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,446
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retirez · retirez · French

retirez · rank #21,446 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,446
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retiendra

Nearest frequency peer: retiendra (-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 « retirez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retirez » 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).

retirez vs revivez
71% similar
retirez vs retiré
71% similar
retirez vs relire
71% similar

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

Key facts for retirez
PropertyValue
Headwordretirez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ti.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,446
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retirez »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « retiendra » (#21,445), « riviera » (#21,447), « restaurée » (#21,444). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retirez » est au #21,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around retirez (IPA \ʁə.ti.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,446 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for retirez, with forms such as "ertirez", "reitrez", and "retierz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "revivez", "retiré", "relire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is retirez, spelled R-E-T-I-R-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retirer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de retirer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Épluchez la pomme, retirez le trognon et coupez-la en fines lamelles.
  2. Une fois que les beignets sont dorés, augmentez le feu, puis faites-les frire jusqu’à ce qu’ils deviennent croquants. Retirez-les de la casserole, puis égouttez-les pour pouvoir servir chaud.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertirez
  • reitrez
  • retierz
  • retirezz
  • retirrez
  • retirze
  • retriez
  • rettirez
  • rretirez
  • rteirez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertirez2reitrez2retierz2retirezz1retirrez1retirze2retriez2rettirez1
Edit distance from "retirez"

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 "retirez"?
"retirez" is spelled R-E-T-I-R-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ti.ʁe\.
What does "retirez" mean?
As a verb, "retirez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retirer.
What words are commonly confused with "retirez"?
"retirez" is commonly confused with "revivez", "retiré", "relire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retirez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retirez" 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 "retirez" come from?
"retirez" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list