referido
[refeˈɾið̞o]
The verdict
“referido” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,579 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,579
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de referir.
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 | referido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [refeˈɾið̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “referido” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for referido is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [refeˈɾið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,579 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de referir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for referido, with forms such as "erferido", "reefrido", and "refeirdo". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "refirió", "referir", "repetido", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is referido, spelled R-E-F-E-R-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de referir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erferido,reefrido,refeirdo,referdio,referiddo,referiod,referrido,refferido,refreido,rfeerido,rreferido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of referido - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “referido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-F-E-R-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [refeˈɾið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “refirió” - see the side-by-side comparison. referido vs refirió
- 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.