refocus
"refocus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“refocus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,869
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - to focus on something else
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | refocus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “refocus” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around refocus, averb. Corpus frequency is #40,869 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for refocus, with forms such as "erfocus", "refcous", and "reffocus". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "reforms", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From re- + focus. The correct English form is refocus, spelled R-E-F-O-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1to focus on something else
- 2to change the focus of
- 3to change one's priorities
- 4to come back into focus
Etymology
From re- + focus.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erfocus
- refcous
- reffocus
- refoccus
- refocsu
- refocuss
- refoucs
- reofcus
- rfeocus
- rrefocus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refocus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “refocus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-F-O-C-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “reforms” - see the side-by-side comparison. refocus vs reforms
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.