refração
/Rɨ.fɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“refração” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #47,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,575
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mudança na direção de propagação de uma onda devido a uma mudança no meio pelo qual ela transita
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 | refração |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Rɨ.fɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “refração” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around refração (IPA /Rɨ.fɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,575 among 1,668 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mudança na direção de propagação de uma onda devido a uma mudança no meio pelo qual ela transita".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for refração, with forms such as "erfração", "refarção", and "reffração". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "refrão", "relação", "reparação", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is refração, spelled R-E-F-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1mudança na direção de propagação de uma onda devido a uma mudança no meio pelo qual ela transita
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erfração
- refarção
- reffração
- refraãço
- refraçoã
- refrração
- refrçaão
- rerfação
- rferação
- rrefração
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refração - 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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Using “refração”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-F-R-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Rɨ.fɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “refrão” - see the side-by-side comparison. refração vs refrão
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.