REFUTANTIA is a rare and complex word that is often misspelled. The correct spelling of this word is [rɛfjuːˈteɪʃə], with emphasis on the second syllable. Its phonetic transcription can be broken down into six syllables, with the first syllable being "ref," which means to argue against. The word then includes a prefix and a suffix, and the second syllable is "u," pronounced like the letter "u" in "use." REFUTANTIA is often used in scholarly or academic writing to describe a theory or argument that has been successfully disproven.