Dekret

/[ˌdeˈkʁeːt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,853

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Dekret is aGermannoun. It means: (behördliche/richterliche) Verfügung oder Verordnung Pronounced [ˌdeˈkʁeːt]. Often confused with deren and derer.

Key facts for Dekret
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HeadwordDekret
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌdeˈkʁeːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,853
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Dekret in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dekret is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌdeˈkʁeːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,853 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(behördliche/richterliche) Verfügung oder Verordnung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Dekret, with forms such as "ddekret", "dekert", and "dekkret". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "deren", "derer", "deutet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Dekret, spelled D-E-K-R-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (behördliche/richterliche) Verfügung oder Verordnung

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddekret,dekert,dekkret,dekrett,dekrret,dekrte,derket,dkeret,edkret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Dekret

Misspelling Variants of "Dekret"

ddekret7dekert6dekkret7dekrett7dekrret7dekrte6derket6dkeret6
Misspelling Variants of "Dekret"

Frequency rank: #18,853 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dekret"?
"Dekret" is spelled D-E-K-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌdeˈkʁeːt].
What does "Dekret" mean?
As a noun, "Dekret" means: (behördliche/richterliche) Verfügung oder Verordnung
What words are commonly confused with "Dekret"?
"Dekret" is commonly confused with "deren", "derer", "deutet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dekret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dekret" is [ˌdeˈkʁeːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dekret" come from?
"Dekret" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.