# Redfern

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,842

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An inner suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A locality in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, named after George Redfern, a railroad builder.

## Etymology
The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern (1774–1833).

## Easily confused with
- **refer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redfern-vs-refer)
- **reefer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redfern-vs-reefer)
- **Redford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redfern-vs-redford)

## Common misspellings (11)
`erdfern`, `rdefern`, `reddfern`, `redefrn`, `redfenr`, `redfernn`, `redferrn`, `redffern`, `redfren`, `refdern`, `rredfern`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/redfern