refund
/ɹɪˈfʌnd/verb, noun
refund is spelled R-E-F-U-N-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, refund means “To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in refund?
| Letters | 6: R-E-F-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is refund?
Refund appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 refund?
- /ɹɪˈfʌnd/
- /ˈɹiːfʌnd/
Refund has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-refund-verb.ogg, En-us-refund-noun.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with refund?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as refund.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: funder.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of refund
- refunds present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- refunding participle, present
- refunded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does refund mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we’ll refund you the difference.
- 2
colloquialTo obtain a refund.
This game sucks, Imma refund it.
- 3
obsoleteTo supply (someone) again with funds.
to refund a railroad loan
- 4
obsoleterareTo pour back (something).
noun
- 1
An amount of money returned.
If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a full refund.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Refund in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rembourser , remboursement |
| German | erstatten, zurückerstatten , Erstattung, Rückerstattung, Rückzahlung |
| Portuguese | reembolsar , reembolso |
| Spanish | reembolsar, devolver, reintegrar , reembolso, reintegro, devolución |
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 refund come from?
From Middle English refunden, refounden, from Old French refondre, refonder, refunder (“to restore; pay back”), from Latin refundere; prefix re- (“re-”) + fundere (“to pour”): compare French refondre, refonder. See fuse (“to melt”), and compare refound (“to cast again”), and refuse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).