retraite
\ʁə.tʁɛt\
The verdict
“retraite” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,343 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,343
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de se 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 | retraite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.tʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retraite” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for retraite is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.tʁɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,343 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for retraite, with forms such as "ertraite", "rertaite", and "retarite". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "retraits", "retraités", "retraitée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 retraite, spelled R-E-T-R-A-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Action de se retirer.
- 2Marche que fait une armée pour s’éloigner de l’ennemi après un combat désavantageux, ou pour abandonner un territoire où elle ne peut plus se maintenir.
- 3Obligation où sont les soldats de se retirer à une certaine heure et le signal qu’on leur donne en conséquence.
- 4Action de se retirer du monde, des affaires.
- 5Période de la vie d’un salarié, après s’être retiré de la vie active, tout en continuant de toucher régulièrement une somme d’argent à titre de pension.
- 6Le système de retraite, son financement.
- 7Cette pension perçue ; son montant.
- 8État d’une personne retirée des affaires, éloignée du tumulte de la société.
- 9Éloignement où l’on se tient du commerce du monde pendant quelques jours, pour mieux se recueillir, et des exercices de piété que l’on pratique durant ce temps.
- 10Lieu même où l’on se retire.
- 11Lieu de refuge.
- 12Diminution progressive d’épaisseur qu’on donne à un mur en partant du pied; état de ce qui est en arrière d’un alignement.
- 13Retrait, diminution de volume.
- 14Blessure causée par un clou dans le tissu vivant du pied d’un cheval.
- 15Ellipse de retraite aux flambeaux.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ertraite,rertaite,retarite,retraiet,retraitte,retratie,retriate,retrraite,rettraite,rretraite,rteraite
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retraite - 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 “retraite”
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-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.tʁɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “retraits” - see the side-by-side comparison. retraite vs retraits
- 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.