refugiar

[refuˈxjaɾ]

/[refuˈxjaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“refugiar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,306 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,306
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar cobijo, resguardo, asilo o protección a alguien, en particular si tiene algún peligro, amenaza o adversidad.

Corpus desk

Index ES-refugiar · refugiar · Spanish

refugiar · rank #91,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,306
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH refrigerantes

Nearest frequency peer: refrigerantes (-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 “refugiar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “refugiar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for refugiar
PropertyValue
Headwordrefugiar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[refuˈxjaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,306
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “refugiar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.refugiarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “refrigerantes” (#91,305), “regalía” (#91,307), “reforzaría” (#91,304). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “refugiar” va en #91,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

refugiar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,306 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [refuˈxjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dar cobijo, resguardo, asilo o protección a alguien, en particular si tiene algún peligro, amenaza o adversidad.".

Zero misspellings are on record for refugiar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is refugiar, spelled R-E-F-U-G-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar cobijo, resguardo, asilo o protección a alguien, en particular si tiene algún peligro, amenaza o adversidad.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "refugiar"?
"refugiar" is spelled R-E-F-U-G-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [refuˈxjaɾ].
What does "refugiar" mean?
As a verb, "refugiar" means: Dar cobijo, resguardo, asilo o protección a alguien, en particular si tiene algún peligro, amenaza o adversidad.
How do you pronounce "refugiar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refugiar" is [refuˈxjaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refugiar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "refugiar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list