referendo
/Rɨ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.du/
The verdict
“referendo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,431 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,431
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento da democracia semi-direta por meio do qual os cidadãos eleitores são chamados a pronunciar-se por sufrágio direto e secreto, a título vinculativo, sobre determinados assuntos de relevan...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | referendo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Rɨ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.du/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “referendo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for referendo is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,431 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "instrumento da democracia semi-direta por meio do qual os cidadãos eleitores são chamados a pronunciar-se por sufrágio direto e secreto, a título vinculativo, sobre determinados assuntos de relevan...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for referendo, with forms such as "erferendo", "reefrendo", and "refeerndo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "referido", "referente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is referendo, spelled R-E-F-E-R-E-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1instrumento da democracia semi-direta por meio do qual os cidadãos eleitores são chamados a pronunciar-se por sufrágio direto e secreto, a título vinculativo, sobre determinados assuntos de relevante interesse à nação
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erferendo,reefrendo,refeerndo,referedno,referenddo,referenndo,referenod,refernedo,referrendo,refferendo,refreendo,rfeerendo,rreferendo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of referendo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “referendo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-F-E-R-E-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Rɨ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “referido” - see the side-by-side comparison. referendo vs referido
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.