refinado
[refiˈnað̞o]
The verdict
“refinado” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,131 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #21,131
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de refinar.
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 | refinado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [refiˈnað̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “refinado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for refinado is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [refiˈnað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,131 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de refinar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for refinado, with forms such as "erfinado", "reffinado", and "refiando". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "reinado", "retirado", "revisado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is refinado, spelled R-E-F-I-N-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de refinar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erfinado,reffinado,refiando,refinaddo,refinaod,refindao,refinnado,refniado,reifnado,rfeinado,rrefinado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refinado - 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 “refinado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-F-I-N-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [refiˈnað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “reinado” - see the side-by-side comparison. refinado vs reinado
- 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.