Refugee

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The verdict

“Refugee” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,541. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,541
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die aufgrund drohender Gefahr durch Krieg oder Verfolgung aus dem Staat, dessen Staatsangehörigkeit sie besitzt, fliehen musste

Corpus desk

Index DE-refugee · Refugee · German

Refugee · rank #45,541 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,541
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rechtsstaates

Nearest frequency peer: Rechtsstaates (-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 „Refugee“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Refugee“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Refugee vs Resümee
57% similar
Refugee vs Refugees
88% similar
Refugee vs TO
0% similar

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

Key facts for Refugee
PropertyValue
HeadwordRefugee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,541
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Refugee“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Refugeeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Rechtsstaates“ (#45,540), „Regierungsmitglieder“ (#45,542), „Rechtspflege“ (#45,539). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Refugee“ bei #45,541. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Refugee (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,541 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die aufgrund drohender Gefahr durch Krieg oder Verfolgung aus dem Staat, dessen Staatsangehörigkeit sie besitzt, fliehen musste".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Refugee, with forms such as "erfugee", "reffugee", and "refguee". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Resümee", "Refugees", "TO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Refugee, spelled R-E-F-U-G-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die aufgrund drohender Gefahr durch Krieg oder Verfolgung aus dem Staat, dessen Staatsangehörigkeit sie besitzt, fliehen musste

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Odysseus, der erste Refugee“
  2. „Mehrere "Refugees" wurden in den vergangenen Monaten allerdings bereis [sic!] abgeschoben.“

Synonyms

Flüchtling

This word in other languages

refugee(English)refugiado(Español)réfugié(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfugee
  • reffugee
  • refguee
  • refuege
  • refuge
  • refuggee
  • reufgee
  • rfeugee
  • rrefugee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Refugee - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erfugee2reffugee1refguee2refuege2refuge1refuggee1reufgee2rfeugee2
Edit distance from "Refugee"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Refugee"?
"Refugee" is spelled R-E-F-U-G-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Refugee" mean?
As a noun, "Refugee" means: Person, die aufgrund drohender Gefahr durch Krieg oder Verfolgung aus dem Staat, dessen Staatsangehörigkeit sie besitzt, fliehen musste
What words are commonly confused with "Refugee"?
"Refugee" is commonly confused with "Resümee", "Refugees", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Refugee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Refugee" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Refugee" come from?
"Refugee" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Rinteln#45,549Präfekt#45,526schiere#45,567Schmiss#45,570

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

rösten9 variantsplanes9 variantspicken9 variantspaddeln9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list