assepsia

/ɐ.sɛ.ˈpsi.ɐ/

//ɐ.sɛ.ˈpsi.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“assepsia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,827 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,827
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prática que visa a reduzir a contaminação (por bactérias, vírus, fungos e outros parasitas)

Corpus desk

Index PT-assepsia · assepsia · Portuguese

assepsia · rank #88,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,827
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH auch

Nearest frequency peer: auch (+6 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “assepsia”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “assepsia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assepsia
PropertyValue
Headwordassepsia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.sɛ.ˈpsi.ɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “assepsia” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.assepsiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “auch” (#88,833), “baldeação” (#88,849), “antônimo” (#88,803). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “assepsia” fica em #88,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assepsia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,827 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.sɛ.ˈpsi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

assepsia has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is assepsia, spelled A-S-S-E-P-S-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    prática que visa a reduzir a contaminação (por bactérias, vírus, fungos e outros parasitas)
  2. 2
    condição do que sofreu assepsia¹

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assepsia"?
"assepsia" is spelled A-S-S-E-P-S-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.sɛ.ˈpsi.ɐ/.
What does "assepsia" mean?
As a noun, "assepsia" means: prática que visa a reduzir a contaminação (por bactérias, vírus, fungos e outros parasitas)
How do you pronounce "assepsia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assepsia" is /ɐ.sɛ.ˈpsi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assepsia" come from?
"assepsia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list