culminante
/kuɫ.mi.ˈnɐ̃.tɨ/
The verdict
“culminante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,845 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,845
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mais elevado
| 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) |
Where “culminante” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
culminante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,845 among 3,948 “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
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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Using “culminante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kuɫ.mi.ˈnɐ̃.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.