sublimação

noun

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The verdict

“sublimação” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #54,137 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#54,137
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de sublimar

Key facts for sublimação
PropertyValue
Headwordsublimação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,137
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sublimação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sublimação lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sublimação is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #54,137 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sublimação, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sublimação, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de sublimar
  2. 2
    passagem direta do estado sólido ao gasoso

Antonyms

deposição

This word in other languages

sublimation(English)sublimación(Español)sublimation(Français)Sublimation(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 "sublimação"?
"sublimação" is spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "sublimação" mean?
As a noun, "sublimação" means: ato de sublimar
What language does "sublimação" come from?
"sublimação" 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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Using “sublimação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-B-L-I-M-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list