Decameron
/dɪˈkaməɹən/
"decameron" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Decameron” is uncommon English (frequency #86,195 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,195
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Decameron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈkaməɹən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Decameron” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Decameron is uncommon English at frequency #86,195 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dɪˈkaməɹən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Decameron, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian Decameron (literally “ten days”), coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”). The correct English form is Decameron, spelled D-E-C-A-M-E-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1A collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Decameron (literally “ten days”), coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is D-E-C-A-M-E-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.