desublimation

noun

"desublimation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“desublimation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase)

Corpus desk

Index EN-desublimation · desublimation · English

desublimation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for desublimation
PropertyValue
Headworddesublimation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “desublimation” in English

desublimationranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desublimation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase)".

No misspelling variants are generated for desublimation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + sublimation. The correct English form is desublimation, spelled D-E-S-U-B-L-I-M-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase)

Etymology

From de- + sublimation.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desublimation"?
"desublimation" is spelled D-E-S-U-B-L-I-M-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "desublimation" mean?
As a noun, "desublimation" means: deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase)
What is the origin of the word "desublimation"?
From de- + sublimation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list