# refund

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈfʌnd/ · frequency rank #7,839

## Definitions
1. To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
2. To obtain a refund.
3. To supply (someone) again with funds.
4. To pour back (something).

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **round** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-round)
- **rerun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-rerun)
- **refuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-refuse)
- **remind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-remind)
- **rewind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-rewind)
- **refute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-refute)
- **remand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-remand)
- **refused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-refused)
- **refuge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuge-vs-refund)
- **refine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refine-vs-refund)
- **refuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuel-vs-refund)
- **refined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refined-vs-refund)
- **rebound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebound-vs-refund)

## Common misspellings (9)
`erfund`, `reffund`, `refnud`, `refudn`, `refundd`, `refunnd`, `reufnd`, `rfeund`, `rrefund`

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