Which to use
“refugiar” is a verb and “refúgio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,013
- “refugiar” frequency rank
- #6,933
- “refúgio” frequency rank
- 40946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refugiar | refúgio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tomar refúgio | lugar para onde alguém se retira para evitar um perigo |
Letter map: refugiar vs refúgio
Shared letters muted; letters that set refugiar and refúgio apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for refugiar / refúgio
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: refugiar is averb and refúgioanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refugiar is recorded at frequency rank #34,013, classified as averb. refúgio is at rank #6,933, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʀɨ.ˈfu.ʒju/.
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 40946, this pair ranks #25,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refugiar vs refúgio
Shared letters: efgir. Private to "refugiar": au. Private to "refúgio": oú.
"refugiar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "refúgio" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refugiar ← erfugiar · reffugiar · refguiar · refugair · refuggiar · refugiarr · refugira · refuigar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refugiar" for "refúgio" ever safe?
Frequency check: "refugiar" vs "refúgio" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "refugiar" and "refúgio".
- Full dictionary entry for "refugiar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refúgio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refugiar" and "refúgio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refugiar vs repudiar". 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 #25,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.