Which to use
“retirées” is an adjective and “retirer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,350
- “retirées” frequency rank
- #2,448
- “retirer” frequency rank
- 25798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retirées | retirer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de retiré. | Tirer à nouveau. |
Same sound, different letters: retirées vs retirer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. retirées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against retirer's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: retirées vs retirer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: retirées and retirer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.ti.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retirées is recorded at frequency rank #23,350, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ti.ʁe\. retirer is at rank #2,448, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ti.ʁe\.
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 25798, this pair ranks #338,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of retirées vs retirer
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "retirées": sé. Private to "retirer": -.
"retirées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "retirer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- retirer ← ertirer · reitrer · retierr · retirerr · retirre · retirrer · retrier · rettirer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retirées" and "retirer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "retirées" vs "retirer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "retirées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retirer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retirées" and "retirer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs retirées". 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 #338,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.