sublimer

\sy.bli.me\

/\sy.bli.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“sublimer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,329
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire passer directement un corps de l’état solide à l’état gazeux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sublimer · sublimer · French

sublimer · rank #45,329 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,329
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH subjugué

Nearest frequency peer: subjugué (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sublimer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sublimer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sublimer vs sublime
88% similar
sublimer vs sablier
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sublimer
PropertyValue
Headwordsublimer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.bli.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,329
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sublimer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sublimerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « subjugué » (#45,328), « submerger » (#45,330), « superflue » (#45,331). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sublimer » est au #45,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sublimer (IPA \sy.bli.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,329 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sublimer, with forms such as "sbulimer", "ssublimer", and "subblimer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sublime", "sablier", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sublimer, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire passer directement un corps de l’état solide à l’état gazeux.
  2. 2
    Idéaliser une personne ou une chose en la purifiant de tout élément matériel ou imparfait, impur ou étranger.
  3. 3
    Rendre sublime, plus attrayant ou plus beau.
  4. 4
    Transposer consciemment ou non ses pulsions ou ses complexes sur un plan supérieur, les faire dériver vers un objet plus élevé.
  5. 5
    Travailler pendant la nuit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sublimer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une seconde méthode consiste à sublimer la glace. On passe directement de la phase solide à la phase gazeuse.
  2. En réussissant à passer la croûte extérieure, les rayons du Soleil réussissent parfois à sublimer la glace interne, émettant dans l’espace les grandes queues de gaz et de poussières qui sont si caractéristiques des comètes.

Synonyms

magnifier

This word in other languages

sublimate(English)sublimar(Español)sublimieren(Deutsch)sublimar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbulimer
  • ssublimer
  • subblimer
  • subilmer
  • subliemr
  • sublimerr
  • sublimmer
  • sublimre
  • subllimer
  • sublmier
  • sulbimer
  • usblimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sublimer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sbulimer2ssublimer1subblimer1subilmer2subliemr2sublimerr1sublimmer1sublimre2
Edit distance from "sublimer"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sublimer"?
"sublimer" is spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.bli.me\.
What does "sublimer" mean?
As a verb, "sublimer" means: Faire passer directement un corps de l’état solide à l’état gazeux.
What words are commonly confused with "sublimer"?
"sublimer" is commonly confused with "sublime", "sablier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sublimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sublimer" is \sy.bli.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sublimer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

subjugué#45,328supposez#45,334sifflent#45,318terriers#45,344

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

serpente12 variantstournons12 variantsrêveries12 variantstriplés12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list