retirar

/Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/

//Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“retirar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,041
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr fora da presença de alguém ou do sítio (regência verbal com preposição: de)

Corpus desk

Index PT-retirar · retirar · Portuguese

retirar · rank #3,041 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,041
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH retirada

Nearest frequency peer: retirada (-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 “retirar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “retirar” 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).

retirar vs retiro
71% similar
retirar vs retomar
71% similar
retirar vs revisar
71% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “retirar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).retirarcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “retirada” (#3,040), “rocha” (#3,042), “relativamente” (#3,039). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “retirar” fica em #3,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around retirar (IPA /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,041 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for retirar, with forms such as "ertirar", "reitrar", and "retiarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "retiro", "retomar", "revisar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is retirar, spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-R.

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)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Foi dali que ela retirou.
  2. Ela o retirou para o seu aposento.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertirar
  • reitrar
  • retiarr
  • retirarr
  • retirra
  • retirrar
  • retriar
  • rettirar
  • rretirar
  • rteirar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retirar - 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.

ertirar2reitrar2retiarr2retirarr1retirra2retirrar1retriar2rettirar1
Edit distance from "retirar"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pintura#3,035confiar#3,062jornada#3,020crítico#3,064

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

formado10 variantseuropeus10 variantsreduzir10 variantsacordar10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list