# retardado vs retirado

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### retardado
*adjective · frequency rank #15,913*
atrasado

### retirado
*adjective · IPA /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾa.du/ · frequency rank #6,114*
tirado, eliminado, excluído.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/retardado-vs-retirado