sublimation
"sublimation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sublimation” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,655 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,655
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sublimation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sublimation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sublimation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #52,655 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sublimation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiō, from Latin sublīmō (“I raise, I elevate”, verb). Synchronically, sublimate + -ion. The correct English form is sublimation, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
- 2The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.
- 3Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime.
Etymology
From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiō, from Latin sublīmō (“I raise, I elevate”, verb). Synchronically, sublimate + -ion.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sublimation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-B-L-I-M-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.