referencia
[refeˈɾẽnsja]
The verdict
“referencia” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,151 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,151
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acto de referirse o hacer alusión a algo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | referencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [refeˈɾẽnsja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “referencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for referencia is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [refeˈɾẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,151 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for referencia, with forms such as "erferencia", "reefrencia", and "refeerncia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "reverencia", "referencias", "reference", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is referencia, spelled R-E-F-E-R-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Acto de referirse o hacer alusión a algo.
- 2Reseña, relato o narración.
- 3Base o apoyo en el desarrollo de algo específico.
- 4Documento expedido a una persona a modo de recomendación para hallar empleo u otorgar préstamos bancarios.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erferencia,reefrencia,refeerncia,referecnia,referencai,referenccia,referenica,referenncia,referensia,refernecia,referrencia,refferencia,refreencia,rfeerencia,rreferencia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of referencia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “referencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-F-E-R-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [refeˈɾẽnsja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “reverencia” - see the side-by-side comparison. referencia vs reverencia
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.