retardado

adj

The verdict

“retardado” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,913
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atrasado

Corpus desk

Index PT-retardado · retardado · Portuguese

retardado · rank #15,913 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,913
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH retaliação

Nearest frequency peer: retaliação (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “retardado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “retardado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

retardado vs retirado
78% similar
retardado vs retardar
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for retardado
PropertyValue
Headwordretardado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,913
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “retardado”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).retardadocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “retaliação” (#15,912), “retrocesso” (#15,914), “revisar” (#15,915). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “retardado” fica em #15,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around retardado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,913 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for retardado, with forms such as "ertardado", "reatrdado", and "retadrado". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "retirado", "retardar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is retardado, spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    atrasado
  2. 2
    diz-se do indivíduo cujo desenvolvimento mental está abaixo do normal

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how retardado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A síndrome é responsável por uma série de defeitos de nascimento, como falha na medula óssea, crescimento retardado e predisposição a câncer.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertardado
  • reatrdado
  • retadrado
  • retaraddo
  • retardaddo
  • retardaod
  • retarddado
  • retarddao
  • retarrdado
  • retradado
  • rettardado
  • rretardado
  • rteardado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retardado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ertardado2reatrdado2retadrado2retaraddo2retardaddo1retardaod2retarddado1retarddao2
Edit distance from "retardado"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retardado"?
"retardado" is spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-A-D-O.
What does "retardado" mean?
As an adjective, "retardado" means: atrasado
What words are commonly confused with "retardado"?
"retardado" is commonly confused with "retirado", "retardar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "retardado" come from?
"retardado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retardado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list