refracción

/[refɾakˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,822

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

refracción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y efecto de refractar Pronounced [refɾakˈsjõn]. Often confused with reacción and redacción.

Key facts for refracción
PropertyValue
Headwordrefracción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[refɾakˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#43,822
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of refracción in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for refracción is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [refɾakˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,822 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción y efecto de refractar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for refracción, with forms such as "erfracción", "refarcción", and "reffracción". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "reacción", "redacción", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is refracción, spelled R-E-F-R-A-C-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de refractar

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erfracción,refarcción,reffracción,refraccinó,refracciónn,refraccóin,refracicón,refración,refracsión,refrcación,refrracción,rerfacción,rferacción,rrefracción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for refracción

Misspelling Variants of "refracción"

erfracción10refarcción10reffracción11refraccinó10refracciónn11refraccóin10refracicón10refración9
Misspelling Variants of "refracción"

Frequency rank: #43,822 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "refracción"?
"refracción" is spelled R-E-F-R-A-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [refɾakˈsjõn].
What does "refracción" mean?
As a noun, "refracción" means: Acción y efecto de refractar
What words are commonly confused with "refracción"?
"refracción" is commonly confused with "reacción", "redacción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "refracción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refracción" is [refɾakˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refracción" come from?
"refracción" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.