predestinação

/pɾɨ.dɨʃ.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//pɾɨ.dɨʃ.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“predestinação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,522 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,522
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de predestinar, de determinar o destino (de alguém)

Corpus desk

Index PT-predestinacao · predestinação · Portuguese

predestinação · rank #57,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,522
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH poro

Nearest frequency peer: poro (-3 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 “predestinação”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for predestinação
PropertyValue
Headwordpredestinação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɾɨ.dɨʃ.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters13
Frequency rank#57,522
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “predestinação” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.predestinaçãocai 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: “poro” (#57,519), “presidenciável” (#57,525), “plenty” (#57,516). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “predestinação” fica em #57,522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

predestinação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,522 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɾɨ.dɨʃ.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato ou efeito de predestinar, de determinar o destino (de alguém)".

predestinação has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 predestinação, spelled P-R-E-D-E-S-T-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de predestinar, de determinar o destino (de alguém)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mas nem sempre o conceito de missão da política externa americana foi expresso como a predestinação de implantar um protetorado mundial.

This word in other languages

predestination(English)prédestination(Français)prädestination(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 "predestinação"?
"predestinação" is spelled P-R-E-D-E-S-T-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾɨ.dɨʃ.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "predestinação" mean?
As a noun, "predestinação" means: ato ou efeito de predestinar, de determinar o destino (de alguém)
How do you pronounce "predestinação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "predestinação" is /pɾɨ.dɨʃ.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "predestinação" come from?
"predestinação" 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 "predestinação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aleatoriedade#57,114pretensamente#58,138automatização#58,341demonstrativo#56,650

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list