Refugium
[ʁeˈfuːɡi̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Refugium” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,686
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schutzhütte, bei der die Möglichkeit besteht, vorübergehend Unterkunft zu beziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-refugium · Refugium · German
Refugium · rank #47,686 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,686
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rechenzentren
Nearest frequency peer: Rechenzentren (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Refugium”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rebekka
Rebekka
52,318 corpus weight
- Rechenzentr…
Rechenzentren
52,317 corpus weight
- Refugium
Refugium
52,315 corpus weight
- Registern
Registern
52,313 corpus weight
- regst
regst
52,312 corpus weight
- regulierten
regulierten
52,311 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Refugium” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Refugium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈfuːɡi̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Refugium” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Refugium (IPA [ʁeˈfuːɡi̯ʊm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,686 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Refugium, with forms such as "erfugium", "reffugium", and "refguium". 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 confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Refugium, spelled R-E-F-U-G-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Schutzhütte, bei der die Möglichkeit besteht, vorübergehend Unterkunft zu beziehen
- 2Rückzugsraum, ein Rückzugsgebiet oder Zufluchtsort
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Refugium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Gebäude sind niedrig und fensterlos: künstliche Höhlen, erwärmt von Feuerstellen, Refugien bei zehn oder 20 Grad Frost in jenen Monaten, an denen die Sonne nur wenige Stunden am Tag zu sehen ist.“
Dieses Naturschutzgebiet ist ein wahres Refugium für bedrohte Tierarten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erfugium
- reffugium
- refguium
- refuggium
- refugimu
- refugiumm
- refuguim
- refuigum
- reufgium
- rfeugium
- rrefugium
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Refugium - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.