# December

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dɪˈsɛmbə/ · frequency rank #901

## Definitions
1. The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
3. A surname.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Italic *dekəm
Latin decem
Latin December
Latin decemberbor.
Old French decembrebor.
Middle English December
English December
From Middle English December, Decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.

## Common misspellings (12)
`dceember`, `ddecember`, `deccember`, `decebmer`, `decembber`, `decemberr`, `decembre`, `decemebr`, `decemmber`, `decmeber`, `deecmber`, `edcember`

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