hospitalização

noun

The verdict

“hospitalização” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,449 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,449
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-hospitalizacao · hospitalização · Portuguese

hospitalização · rank #54,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,449
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH impreciso

Nearest frequency peer: impreciso (+4 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 “hospitalização”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hospitalização
PropertyValue
Headwordhospitalização
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Frequency rank#54,449
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hospitalização” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “impreciso” (#54,453), “inequivocamente” (#54,458), “guerrear” (#54,437). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hospitalização” fica em #54,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hospitalização is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,449 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de hospitalizar".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hospitalização in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hospitalização, spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de hospitalizar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A rainha Elizabeth cancelou um compromisso oficial nesta segunda-feira, enquanto ainda se recupera de uma hospitalização recente com sintomas de gastroenterite, mas não há preocupação com a saúde dela, disseram autoridades.

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 "hospitalização"?
"hospitalização" is spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "hospitalização" mean?
As a noun, "hospitalização" means: ato de hospitalizar
What language does "hospitalização" come from?
"hospitalização" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list