retirar

//Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,041

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

retirar is aPortugueseverb. It means: pôr fora da presença de alguém ou do sítio (regência verbal com preposição: de) Pronounced /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/. It ranks #3,041 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with retiro and retomar.

Key facts for retirar
PropertyValue
Headwordretirar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,041
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of retirar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for retirar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,041 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for retirar, with forms such as "ertirar", "reitrar", and "retiarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "retiro", "retomar", "revisar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is retirar, spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr fora da presença de alguém ou do sítio (regência verbal com preposição: de)
  2. 2
    mudar de sítio (de onde estava) (regência verbal com preposição: para)
  3. 3
    ir embora (regência verbal com preposição: para)
  4. 4
    ir embora (regência verbal com preposição: de)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ertirar,reitrar,retiarr,retirarr,retirra,retirrar,retriar,rettirar,rretirar,rteirar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for retirar

Misspelling Variants of "retirar"

ertirar7reitrar7retiarr7retirarr8retirra7retirrar8retriar7rettirar8
Misspelling Variants of "retirar"

Frequency rank: #3,041 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retirar"?
"retirar" is spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/.
What does "retirar" mean?
As a verb, "retirar" means: pôr fora da presença de alguém ou do sítio (regência verbal com preposição: de)
What words are commonly confused with "retirar"?
"retirar" is commonly confused with "retiro", "retomar", "revisar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retirar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retirar" is /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retirar" come from?
"retirar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.