Dezil
[deˈt͡siːl]
The verdict
“Dezil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maß, das geordnete Werte in zehn gleiche Teile einteilt
Corpus desk
Index DE-dezil · Dezil · German
Dezil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dezil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deˈt͡siːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dezil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dezil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [deˈt͡siːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maß, das geordnete Werte in zehn gleiche Teile einteilt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Dezil in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dezil, spelled D-E-Z-I-L.
Definition
- 1Maß, das geordnete Werte in zehn gleiche Teile einteilt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dezil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Wissenschaftler … unterteilten die Bevölkerung nach der Höhe des Einkommens in zehn gleich große Gruppen, in sogenannte Dezile. Das unterste Zehntel gibt die Einkommenssituation der ärmsten zehn Prozent wieder, das oberste die der reichsten zehn Prozent.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.