# refute

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈfjuːt/ · frequency rank #24,295

## Definitions
1. To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
2. To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation.

## Etymology
From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).

## Easily confused with
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-route)
- **reuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-reuse)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-revue)
- **remote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-remote)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-relate)
- **résumé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-resume)
- **repute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-repute)
- **reputed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-reputed)
- **refit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refit-vs-refute)
- **rebut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebut-vs-refute)
- **reduce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reduce-vs-refute)
- **refuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuse-vs-refute)
- **refund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-refute)
- **refuge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuge-vs-refute)
- **rebate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-refute)
- **recite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recite-vs-refute)
- **refine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refine-vs-refute)
- **rebuke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebuke-vs-refute)
- **refuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuel-vs-refute)
- **refused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refused-vs-refute)

## Common misspellings (8)
`erfute`, `reffute`, `reftue`, `refuet`, `refutte`, `reufte`, `rfeute`, `rrefute`

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