decease
/dɪˈsiːs/noun, verb
decease is spelled D-E-C-E-A-S-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, decease means “Death, departure from life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of decease is deceases.
How many letters and syllables are in decease?
| Letters | 7: D-E-C-E-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is decease?
Decease appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce decease?
- /dɪˈsiːs/
Decease has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-decease.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of decease
- deceases plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- deceasing participle, present
- deceased participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does decease mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Death, departure from life.
verb
- 1
archaicTo die.
- 2
To cause to die.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Decease in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décès , décéder, expirer, mourir, trépasser |
| German | Ableben, Exitus, Hinschied , ableben, hinscheiden, dahinscheiden |
| Portuguese | falecimento , falecer |
| Spanish | fallecimiento, deceso, óbito, defunción, fenecimiento, perecimiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does decease come from?
From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).