libação

noun

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The verdict

“libação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,960 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,960
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oferta de líquidos, em geral de vinho ou de azeite, derramados em sacrifício de dedicação a um deus

Corpus desk

Index PT-libacao · libação · Portuguese

libação · rank #99,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,960
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ligúria

Nearest frequency peer: Ligúria (+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 “libação”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for libação
PropertyValue
Headwordlibação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “libação” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).libaçãocai 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: “Ligúria” (#99,964), “liquefação” (#99,970), “Laus” (#99,949). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “libação” fica em #99,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

libação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,960 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oferta de líquidos, em geral de vinho ou de azeite, derramados em sacrifício de dedicação a um deus".

libação doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is libação, spelled L-I-B-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    oferta de líquidos, em geral de vinho ou de azeite, derramados em sacrifício de dedicação a um deus

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Se isso é novidade que justifique libações, proponho um brinde à volta do El Niño.

This word in other languages

libation(English)libación(Español)libation(Français)Trankopfer(Deutsch)

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 "libação"?
"libação" is spelled L-I-B-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "libação" mean?
As a noun, "libação" means: oferta de líquidos, em geral de vinho ou de azeite, derramados em sacrifício de dedicação a um deus
What language does "libação" come from?
"libação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ligúria#99,964iatismo#99,868hitting#99,853dentuço#99,643

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list