decency
/ˈdiːsənsi/
"decency" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decency” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,932. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,932
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being decent; propriety.
Corpus desk
Index EN-decency · decency · English
decency · rank #14,932 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,932
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dayton
Nearest frequency peer: Dayton (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “decency”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- crappy
crappy
85,073 corpus weight
- crippled
crippled
85,072 corpus weight
- Dayton
Dayton
85,070 corpus weight
- decency
decency
85,069 corpus weight
- despise
despise
85,067 corpus weight
- destroyer
destroyer
85,066 corpus weight
What this shows “decency” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decency |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdiːsənsi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “decency”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around decency (IPA /ˈdiːsənsi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,932 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for decency, with forms such as "dceency", "ddecency", and "deccency". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "decent", "defence", "decently", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin decentia, from decens. Equivalent to decent + -cy. Compare French décence. The correct English form is decency, spelled D-E-C-E-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being decent; propriety.
- 2That which is proper or becoming.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how decency appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense.
Indeed it is for the moſt part in our ſkill in manners, and in the obſervances of time and place, and of decency in general, which is only to be learned in thoſe ſchools to which Horace recommends us, that what is called Taſte by way of diſtinction, conſiſts; and which is in reality no other than a more refined judgment.
Etymology
From Latin decentia, from decens. Equivalent to decent + -cy. Compare French décence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceency
- ddecency
- deccency
- dececny
- decenccy
- decencyy
- decenncy
- decenyc
- decnecy
- deecncy
- edcency
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decency - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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