refrigerator
re·frig·e·ra·tor/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/noun
refrigerator is spelled R-E-F-R-I-G-E-R-A-T-O-R, 5 syllables: re·frig·e·ra·tor. The wrong spelling people search most is refridgerator: about 6,700 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 20 of all searches for the word. Refrigerator is a noun meaning “A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration”. The plural of refrigerator is refrigerators.
How many letters and syllables are in refrigerator?
| Letters | 12: R-E-F-R-I-G-E-R-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: re·frig·e·ra·tor |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, refridgerator, about 6,700 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell refrigerator?
Refrigerator is spelled R-E-F-R-I-G-E-R-A-T-O-R. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 20 of the searches for refrigerator in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is refrigerator?
Refrigerator appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce refrigerator?
- UK /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/
- UK [ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tʰə]
- US /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/
Refrigerator has 5 syllables, split re·frig·e·ra·tor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-refrigerator.ogg, En-us-refrigerator.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of refrigerator
- refrigerators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does refrigerator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.
Meronyms: condenser, crisper, door, evaporator, meat keeper
- 2
A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
Meronym: condenser
- 3
One who has a chilling influence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate refrigerator?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of refrigerator: ref, refrig, refrig..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Refrigerator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense appliance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réfrigérateur, frigo |
| German | Kühlschrank, Kühlraum, Eiskasten, Frigidaire |
| Portuguese | geladeira, frigorífico |
| Spanish | frigorífico, heladera, nevera, refrigerador, refrigeradora, frío |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does refrigerator come from?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).