referéndum
[refeˈɾẽn̪d̪ũm]
The verdict
“referéndum” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,777 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,777
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Procedimiento democrático o elección, con el cual el cuerpo electoral de un país o nación expresa su voluntad respecto a un asunto o decisión.
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 | referéndum |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [refeˈɾẽn̪d̪ũm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “referéndum” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for referéndum is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [refeˈɾẽn̪d̪ũm]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,777 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Procedimiento democrático o elección, con el cual el cuerpo electoral de un país o nación expresa su voluntad respecto a un asunto o decisión.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for referéndum, with forms such as "erferéndum", "reefréndum", and "refernédum". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "referendo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is referéndum, spelled R-E-F-E-R-É-N-D-U-M.
Definition
- 1Procedimiento democrático o elección, con el cual el cuerpo electoral de un país o nación expresa su voluntad respecto a un asunto o decisión.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erferéndum,reefréndum,refernédum,referréndum,referédnum,referénddum,referéndmu,referéndumm,referénndum,referénudm,refeérndum,refferéndum,refreéndum,rfeeréndum,rreferéndum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of referéndum - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “referéndum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-F-E-R-É-N-D-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [refeˈɾẽn̪d̪ũm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “referendo” - see the side-by-side comparison. referéndum vs referendo
- 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.