profanação
/pɾu.fɐ.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“profanação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,954 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,954
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desrespeito ou violação do que é santo, sagrado; violação, sacrilégio, profanidade
Corpus desk
Index PT-profanacao · profanação · Portuguese
profanação · rank #56,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,954
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH porosidade
Nearest frequency peer: porosidade (-13 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 “profanação”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- patience
patience
43,084 corpus weight
- piá
piá
43,069 corpus weight
- planar
planar
43,068 corpus weight
- pleasant
pleasant
43,067 corpus weight
- porosidade
porosidade
43,060 corpus weight
- profanação
profanação
43,047 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “profanação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | profanação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾu.fɐ.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “profanação” em português
Rare enough to double-check
profanação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,954 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɾu.fɐ.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for profanação, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is profanação, spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1desrespeito ou violação do que é santo, sagrado; violação, sacrilégio, profanidade
- 2atitude irreverente contra pessoa ou coisa que merece respeito; afronta, insulto, irreverência
- 3má utilização de algo respeitável, abuso
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how profanação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As palavras encabeçam um conjunto de quatro fotografias que dizem tudo do verdadeiro ato de profanação que foi a posse do novo ministro.
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.
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