culminante
/kuɫ.mi.ˈnɐ̃.tɨ/
The verdict
“culminante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,845 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,845
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mais elevado
Corpus desk
Index PT-culminante · culminante · Portuguese
culminante · rank #57,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,845
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH deflagração
Nearest frequency peer: deflagração (+8 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 “culminante”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- coalhada
coalhada
42,177 corpus weight
- culminante
culminante
42,156 corpus weight
- deflagração
deflagração
42,148 corpus weight
- desnorteado
desnorteado
42,137 corpus weight
- desobediente
desobediente
42,136 corpus weight
- dico
dico
42,126 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “culminante” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | culminante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kuɫ.mi.ˈnɐ̃.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “culminante” em português
Rare enough to double-check
culminante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,845 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kuɫ.mi.ˈnɐ̃.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for culminante in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is culminante, spelled C-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1o mais elevado
- 2que alcançou o grau mais elevado em alguma coisa
- 3ponto culminante: diz-se da parte mais elevada de uma coisa
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how culminante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aquela premiação foi o evento culminante de sua carreira.
O cume do monte Branco é o ponto culminante dos Alpes.
Synonyms
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.
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