retrair
/Rɨ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/
The verdict
“retrair” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,461 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,461
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - puxar para trás
Corpus desk
Index PT-retrair · retrair · Portuguese
retrair · rank #66,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,461
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH retraído
Nearest frequency peer: retraído (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “retrair”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- providencial
providencial
33,574 corpus weight
- recortar
recortar
33,559 corpus weight
- retrair
retrair
33,540 corpus weight
- retraído
retraído
33,539 corpus weight
- sacristão
sacristão
33,527 corpus weight
- serrar
serrar
33,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “retrair” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retrair |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /Rɨ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “retrair” em português
Rare enough to double-check
retrair is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,461 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /Rɨ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for retrair, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is retrair, spelled R-E-T-R-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1puxar para trás
- 2contrair, apertar, encolher
- 3ocultar
- 4tornar reservado
- 5impedir
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.
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