refractario
[refɾakˈt̪aɾjo]
The verdict
“refractario” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,238 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,238
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Referido a un material, que es capaz de mantener sus propiedades a elevadas temperaturas. Los materiales refractarios por excelencia son las cerámicas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-refractario · refractario · Spanish
refractario · rank #67,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,238
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH regresarían
Nearest frequency peer: regresarían (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “refractario”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- recitación
recitación
32,768 corpus weight
- recordá
recordá
32,766 corpus weight
- refractario
refractario
32,763 corpus weight
- regresarían
regresarían
32,762 corpus weight
- rejuvenecer
rejuvenecer
32,760 corpus weight
- relacionaban
relacionaban
32,759 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “refractario” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | refractario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [refɾakˈt̪aɾjo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “refractario” en español
Rare enough to double-check
refractario is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,238 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [refɾakˈt̪aɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
refractario has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is refractario, spelled R-E-F-R-A-C-T-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Referido a un material, que es capaz de mantener sus propiedades a elevadas temperaturas. Los materiales refractarios por excelencia son las cerámicas.
- 2Que le cuesta mucho entender o se niega a aceptar algo.
- 3Que no quiere cumplir con una obligación.
This word in other languages
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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