# decadent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈdɛkədənt/ · frequency rank #27,423

## Definitions
1. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
2. Luxuriously self-indulgent.

## Etymology
From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).

## Easily confused with
- **decent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decadent-vs-decent)
- **decades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decadent-vs-decades)
- **decade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decade-vs-decadent)
- **decadence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decadence-vs-decadent)

## Common misspellings (12)
`dceadent`, `ddecadent`, `deacdent`, `decaddent`, `decadennt`, `decadentt`, `decadetn`, `decadnet`, `decaednt`, `deccadent`, `decdaent`, `edcadent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/decadent