# refining

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,012

## Definitions
1. Refinement (process of refining)

## Easily confused with
- **refusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-refusing)
- **retiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-retiring)
- **reigning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-reigning)
- **reviving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-reviving)
- **reliving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-reliving)
- **remaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-remaining)
- **retaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-retaining)
- **reminding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-reminding)
- **regaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-regaining)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-refining)
- **reciting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reciting-vs-refining)
- **reclining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-refining)

## Common misspellings (12)
`erfining`, `reffining`, `refiinng`, `refinign`, `refiningg`, `refininng`, `refinnig`, `refinning`, `refniing`, `reifning`, `rfeining`, `rrefining`

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