refutación

Name: refutación, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[refut̪aˈsjõn]

/[refut̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“refutación” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,118. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,118
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,151
“R” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de refutar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-refutacion · refutación · Spanish

refutación · rank #42,118 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #42,118
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 4,151
PHOTO-FINISH refundido

Nearest frequency peer: refundido (-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.

recubierto

57,886
reducía

57,885
refundido

57,884
refutación

57,883
regadera

57,882
regida

57,881

What this shows “refutación” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

refutación vs reputación

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for refutación
Property	Value
Headword	refutación
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[refut̪aˈsjõn]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#42,118
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “refutación”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.refutacióncae aquí:

#42,118

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “refundido” (#42,117), “regadera” (#42,119), “reducía” (#42,116). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “refutación” va en #42,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around refutación (IPA [refut̪aˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,118 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for refutación, with forms such as "erfutación", "reffutación", and "reftuación". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "reputación", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is refutación, spelled R-E-F-U-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Acción y efecto de refutar.
2
Argumento o prueba cuyo objeto es destruir las razones del contrario.
3
Parte del discurso comprendida en la confirmación y cuyo objeto es rebatir los argumentos aducidos o que pueden aducirse en contra de lo que se defiende o se quiere probar.
4
Renuncia.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erfutación
reffutación
reftuación
refuatción
refutacción
refutacinó
refutaciónn
refutacóin
refutaicón
refutasión
refutcaión
refuttación
reuftación
rfeutación
rrefutación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refutación - 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.

Edit distance from "refutación"

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 "refutación"?

"refutación" is spelled R-E-F-U-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [refut̪aˈsjõn].

What does "refutación" mean?

As a noun, "refutación" means: Acción y efecto de refutar.

What words are commonly confused with "refutación"?

"refutación" is commonly confused with "reputación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "refutación"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refutación" is [refut̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "refutación" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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