refracted
"refracted" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“refracted” is uncommon English (frequency #61,061 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,061
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Turned out of its straight course.
Corpus desk
Index EN-refracted · refracted · English
refracted · rank #61,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,061
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reggaeton
Nearest frequency peer: reggaeton (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “refracted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rationalisa…
rationalisation
38,945 corpus weight
- refracted
refracted
38,940 corpus weight
- reggaeton
reggaeton
38,939 corpus weight
- relatedness
relatedness
38,936 corpus weight
- relocations
relocations
38,935 corpus weight
- repurposing
repurposing
38,934 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “refracted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | refracted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “refracted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
refracted is uncommon English at frequency #61,061 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
refracted doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 English form is refracted, spelled R-E-F-R-A-C-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Turned out of its straight course.
- 2Bent back at an acute angle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how refracted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a refracted a ray of light
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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