Which to use
“retirar” and “retiro” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,041
- “retirar” frequency rank
- #7,463
- “retiro” frequency rank
- 10504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retirar | retiro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pôr fora da presença de alguém ou do sítio (regência verbal com preposição: de) | primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo retirar |
Where the eye mixes retirar and retiro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. retirar runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against retiro's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: retirar vs retiro
A purely visual mix-up. retirar (/Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/) and retiro (/Rɨ.ˈti.ɾu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retirar is recorded at frequency rank #3,041, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/. retiro is at rank #7,463, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈti.ɾu/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 10504, this pair ranks #62,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of retirar vs retiro
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "retirar": a. Private to "retiro": o.
"retirar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "retiro" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retirar" and "retiro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "retirar" vs "retiro" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "retirar" and "retiro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retirar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retiro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retirar" and "retiro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reativo vs retiro". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #62,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.