refrain
[ʁǝ.fʁɛ̃]
The verdict
“refrain” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,688
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Refrain
Corpus desk
Index DE-refrain · refrain · German
refrain · rank #19,688 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,688
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Reflex
Nearest frequency peer: Reflex (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „refrain“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- realistisch…
realistischen
80,316 corpus weight
- records
records
80,315 corpus weight
- Reflex
Reflex
80,314 corpus weight
- refrain
refrain
80,313 corpus weight
- Reisepass
Reisepass
80,312 corpus weight
- respektive
respektive
80,311 corpus weight
What this shows „refrain“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | refrain |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁǝ.fʁɛ̃] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „refrain“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around refrain (IPA [ʁǝ.fʁɛ̃]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,688 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der Refrain".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for refrain, with forms such as "erfrain", "refarin", and "reffrain". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is refrain, spelled R-E-F-R-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1der Refrain
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erfrain
- refarin
- reffrain
- refrainn
- refrani
- refrian
- refrrain
- rerfain
- rferain
- rrefrain
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refrain - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "refrain", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).