Which to use
“retira” and “retirera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,349
- “retira” frequency rank
- #43,118
- “retirera” frequency rank
- 66467
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retira | retirera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe retirer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de retirer. |
Where the eye mixes retira and retirera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. retira runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against retirera's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: retira vs retirera
A purely visual mix-up. retira (\ʁə.ti.ʁa\) and retirera (\ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retira is recorded at frequency rank #23,349, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ti.ʁa\. retirera is at rank #43,118, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 66467, this pair ranks #67,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of retira vs retirera
Shared letters: aeirt. Private to "retira": -. Private to "retirera": -.
"retira" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "retirera" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "retira" for "retirera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "retira" or "retirera"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "retira" and "retirera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retirera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retira" and "retirera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retira vs rôtir". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #67,684 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.