retrait
\ʁə.tʁɛ\
The verdict
“retrait” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,501 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,501
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de retirer.
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 | retrait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.tʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retrait” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for retrait is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.tʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,501 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 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 retrait, with forms such as "ertrait", "rertait", and "retarit". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rêvait", "retraite", "retraits", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is retrait, spelled R-E-T-R-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Action de retirer.
- 2Opération bancaire dans laquelle le déposant retire une somme d’argent de son compte.
- 3Action de retirer un produit de la vente, à cause d’un défaut technique ou d’un risque sanitaire. Dans les cas les plus graves, le retrait est associé à un rappel de produit.
- 4Action en justice, par laquelle on retire un bien qui avait été vendu.
- 5Action, de l’état de ce qui se retire, de ce qui revient en arrière.
- 6Diminution de volume du mortier, de la terre, etc., lorsqu’ils sont secs, des métaux lorsqu’ils sont refroidis et des tissus lorsqu’ils sont lavés.
- 7Pratique contraceptive qui consiste pour l’homme de retirer son pénis du vagin de la femme, juste avant l’éjaculation.
- 8action consistant à éliminer du jeu un joueur de l’équipe en offensive.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ertrait,rertait,retarit,retraitt,retrati,retriat,retrrait,rettrait,rretrait,rterait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retrait - 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 “retrait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-R-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.tʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rêvait” - see the side-by-side comparison. retrait vs rêvait
- 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.