referendo
[refeˈɾẽn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“referendo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,862
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sufragio ciudadano acerca de asuntos de trascendencia nacional.
Corpus desk
Index ES-referendo · referendo · Spanish
referendo · rank #19,862 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,862
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH reencuentro
Nearest frequency peer: reencuentro (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “referendo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- rectores
rectores
80,142 corpus weight
- rededor
rededor
80,141 corpus weight
- reencuentro
reencuentro
80,140 corpus weight
- referendo
referendo
80,139 corpus weight
- referimos
referimos
80,138 corpus weight
- refrán
refrán
80,136 corpus weight
What this shows “referendo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | referendo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [refeˈɾẽn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “referendo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around referendo (IPA [refeˈɾẽn̪d̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,862 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for referendo, with forms such as "erferendo", "reefrendo", and "refeerndo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "referido", "referente", "reverendo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is referendo, spelled R-E-F-E-R-E-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Sufragio ciudadano acerca de asuntos de trascendencia nacional.
- 2Solicitud de instrucciones, de un funcionario de relaciones internacionales, a su gobierno, acerca de temas importantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how referendo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Referendo o plebiscito. No es lo mismo un referendo que un plebiscito, aun cuando ambos se inspiran en el principio de la consulta a nivel popular. El referendo versa sobre la reforma de las instituciones por una vía distinta a la del Órgano Legislativo, cuando actúa como poder constituyente. El plebiscito, en cambio, es un pronunciamiento sobre la políti…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erferendo
- reefrendo
- refeerndo
- referedno
- referenddo
- referenndo
- referenod
- refernedo
- referrendo
- refferendo
- refreendo
- rfeerendo
- rreferendo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of referendo - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "referendo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).