Which to use
“refugiados” is a participle and “refugios” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,151
- “refugiados” frequency rank
- #18,372
- “refugios” frequency rank
- 23523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refugiados | refugios |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de refugiado, participio de refugiar o de refugiarse. | Forma del plural de refugio. |
Where the eye mixes refugiados and refugios
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between refugiados and refugios
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: refugiados is [refuˈxjað̞os] while refugios is [reˈfuxjos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refugiados is recorded at frequency rank #5,151, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [refuˈxjað̞os]. refugios is at rank #18,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈfuxjos].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 23523, this pair ranks #245,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of refugiados vs refugios
Shared letters: efgiorsu. Private to "refugiados": ad. Private to "refugios": -.
"refugiados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC · "refugios" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refugiados ← erfugiados · reffugiados · refguiados · refugaidos · refuggiados · refugiaddos · refugiadoss · refugiadso
- refugios ← erfugios · reffugios · refguios · refuggios · refugioss · refugiso · refugois · refuigos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refugiados" for "refugios" ever safe?
Which is more common, "refugiados" or "refugios"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "refugiados" and "refugios" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refugiados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refugios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refugiados" and "refugios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refugian vs refugios". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #245,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.