felicitação

noun

The verdict

“felicitação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,696 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,696
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de felicitar

Corpus desk

Index PT-felicitacao · felicitação · Portuguese

felicitação · rank #84,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,696
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH ewe

Nearest frequency peer: ewe (-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 “felicitação”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for felicitação
PropertyValue
Headwordfelicitação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,696
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “felicitação” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).felicitaçãocai 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: “ewe” (#84,688), “fiscalidade” (#84,706), “estragão” (#84,681). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “felicitação” fica em #84,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

felicitação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,696 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for felicitação, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is felicitação, spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de felicitar
  2. 2
    parabenização
  3. 3
    apresentação de parabéns ou congratulações

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enviava um postal de felicitações a cada aniversário

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 "felicitação"?
"felicitação" is spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "felicitação" mean?
As a noun, "felicitação" means: ato de felicitar
What language does "felicitação" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list