sublimação

noun

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The verdict

“sublimação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,137 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,137
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de sublimar

Corpus desk

Index PT-sublimacao · sublimação · Portuguese

sublimação · rank #54,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,137
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH suplício

Nearest frequency peer: suplício (+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 “sublimação”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sublimação
PropertyValue
Headwordsublimação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,137
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sublimação” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sublimaçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “suplício” (#54,141), “terceirizar” (#54,152), “tereis” (#54,153). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sublimação” fica em #54,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sublimação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,137 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. a sublimação do iodo

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arquivista#54,233ocasionado#54,027intercalar#53,943desmembrar#54,349

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list