refinar
/Rɨ.fi.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“refinar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,086
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - levar ao estado fino, sem misturas ou puro; tirar impuridades; liberar de liga; separar de matéria estranha; purificar
Corpus desk
Index PT-refinar · refinar · Portuguese
refinar · rank #48,086 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,086
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH reativo
Nearest frequency peer: reativo (-3 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “refinar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- prelado
prelado
51,933 corpus weight
- périplo
périplo
51,922 corpus weight
- reativo
reativo
51,918 corpus weight
- refinar
refinar
51,915 corpus weight
- sade
sade
51,896 corpus weight
- sedição
sedição
51,893 corpus weight
What this shows “refinar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | refinar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /Rɨ.fi.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “refinar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around refinar (IPA /Rɨ.fi.ˈnaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,086 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for refinar, with forms such as "erfinar", "reffinar", and "refianr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "reinar", "resina", "retirar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is refinar, spelled R-E-F-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1levar ao estado fino, sem misturas ou puro; tirar impuridades; liberar de liga; separar de matéria estranha; purificar
- 2purificar de que é grosso, vulgar, inelegante, baixo, etc; fazer mais elegante ou excelente; polir
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how refinar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Já se ofereceu para refinar o petróleo do país - que exporta cru e importa derivados - e apadrinhou os planos do Equador de voltar para a Opep.
Acredito mais que nós agora precisamos de mais ciência como a desse trabalho para refinar os números que introduzimos nesses modelos de computador.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erfinar
- reffinar
- refianr
- refinarr
- refinnar
- refinra
- refniar
- reifnar
- rfeinar
- rrefinar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refinar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "refinar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).