Dekade
[deˈkaːdə]
The verdict
“Dekade” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,675. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,675
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einheit von Zehn, Menge von Zehn
Corpus desk
Index DE-dekade · Dekade · German
Dekade · rank #27,675 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,675
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dativ
Nearest frequency peer: Dativ (-1 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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Dekade“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dachs
Dachs
72,330 corpus weight
- Darts
Darts
72,328 corpus weight
- Dativ
Dativ
72,327 corpus weight
- Dekade
Dekade
72,326 corpus weight
- Delmenhorst
Delmenhorst
72,325 corpus weight
- deportiert
deportiert
72,324 corpus weight
What this shows „Dekade“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dekade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deˈkaːdə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Dekade“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Dekade (IPA [deˈkaːdə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,675 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dekade, with forms such as "ddekade", "deakde", and "dekadde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Dekan", "Dekaden", "Dekadenz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Dekade, spelled D-E-K-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Einheit von Zehn, Menge von Zehn
- 2Zeitraum von
- 3Zeitraum von
- 4Zeitraum von
- 5Zeitraum von
- 6Zeitraum von
- 7Einheit von zehn Gedichten oder zehn Büchern
- 8das Verhältnis zweier Zahlen von eins zu zehn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dekade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dann folgt wieder Genitiv Mehrzahl bis 30, dann wiederholt sich alles bei jeder weiteren Dekade bis hundert, der Nominativ bei hunderteins und so weiter.
Das Jahr des Französischen Revolutionskalenders bestand aus zwölf Monaten zu je drei Dekaden und fünf, in Schaltjahren sechs Ergänzungstagen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddekade
- deakde
- dekadde
- dekaed
- dekdae
- dekkade
- dkeade
- edkade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dekade - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dekade", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).