sublimación

[suβ̞limaˈsjõn]

/[suβ̞limaˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“sublimación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,130 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,130
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de sublimar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sublimacion · sublimación · Spanish

sublimación · rank #58,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,130
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH subieran

Nearest frequency peer: subieran (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sublimación”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sublimación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sublimación
PropertyValue
Headwordsublimación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[suβ̞limaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#58,130
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sublimación” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.sublimacióncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “subieran” (#58,129), “subsecretarios” (#58,131), “subvertir” (#58,132). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sublimación” va en #58,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sublimación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,130 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [suβ̞limaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sublimación, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sublimación, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de sublimar.
  2. 2
    Cambio de estado de sólido a gaseoso, sin pasar por el líquido.
  3. 3
    Engrandecimiento o ensalzamiento de algo.
  4. 4
    Transferencia de la energía de los impulsos biológicos como el sexual a otros objetivos más aceptados moralmente, socialmente, o estéticamente.

Antonyms

invermación

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sublimación"?
"sublimación" is spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [suβ̞limaˈsjõn].
What does "sublimación" mean?
As a noun, "sublimación" means: Acción o efecto de sublimar.
How do you pronounce "sublimación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sublimación" is [suβ̞limaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sublimación" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sublimación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list