descongelamento
/deskɔ̃ʒelaˈmẽtu/
The verdict
“descongelamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,220 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,220
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o ato ou resultado de descongelar, derreter o gelo
Corpus desk
Index PT-descongelamento · descongelamento · Portuguese
descongelamento · rank #87,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,220
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH depilado
Nearest frequency peer: depilado (-7 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 “descongelamento”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- contratualm…
contratualmente
12,819 corpus weight
- cã
cã
12,806 corpus weight
- depilado
depilado
12,788 corpus weight
- descongelam…
descongelamento
12,781 corpus weight
- dignificar
dignificar
12,760 corpus weight
- eclíptica
eclíptica
12,745 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “descongelamento” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descongelamento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /deskɔ̃ʒelaˈmẽtu/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #87,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “descongelamento” em português
Rare enough to double-check
descongelamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,220 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /deskɔ̃ʒelaˈmẽtu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
descongelamento doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is descongelamento, spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-G-E-L-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1o ato ou resultado de descongelar, derreter o gelo
- 2liberação de preços, salários, tarifas etc. que estavam paralisados
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how descongelamento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quando voltamos, fizemos o descongelamento do congelador.
Hoje haverá o descongelamento dos preços.
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.
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