Which to use
“retrait” and “retraits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,501
- “retrait” frequency rank
- #19,655
- “retraits” frequency rank
- 23156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retrait | retraits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de retirer. | Pluriel de retrait. |
Same sound, different letters: retrait vs retraits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. retrait runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against retraits's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: retrait vs retraits
This is the hard kind. retrait and retraits are pronounced identically (\ʁə.tʁɛ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “retrait” sits inside “retraits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retrait is recorded at frequency rank #3,501, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.tʁɛ\. retraits is at rank #19,655, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.tʁɛ\.
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 23156, this pair ranks #354,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of retrait vs retraits
Shared letters: aeirt. Private to "retrait": -. Private to "retraits": s.
"retrait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "retraits" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "retrait" for "retraits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "retrait" vs "retraits" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"retrait" and "retraits" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "retrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retraits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retrait" and "retraits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refaits vs retraits". 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 #354,047 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.