hospitalizar

/ɔʃ.pi.tɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/

//ɔʃ.pi.tɐ.li.ˈzaɾ// verb

The verdict

“hospitalizar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - converter ou meter em hospital

Corpus desk

Index PT-hospitalizar · hospitalizar · Portuguese

hospitalizar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for hospitalizar
PropertyValue
Headwordhospitalizar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɔʃ.pi.tɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hospitalizar” em português

hospitalizarfica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hospitalizar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɔʃ.pi.tɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "converter ou meter em hospital".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hospitalizar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hospitalizar, spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    converter ou meter em hospital

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hospitalizar"?
"hospitalizar" is spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔʃ.pi.tɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/.
What does "hospitalizar" mean?
As a verb, "hospitalizar" means: converter ou meter em hospital
How do you pronounce "hospitalizar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hospitalizar" is /ɔʃ.pi.tɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hospitalizar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list