Decima
/ˈdɛsɪmə/
"decima" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Decima” is uncommon English (frequency #75,792 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,792
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-decima · Decima · English
Decima · rank #75,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,792
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH decentralize
Nearest frequency peer: decentralize (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Decima”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Damocles
Damocles
24,215 corpus weight
- Daniil
Daniil
24,214 corpus weight
- decentralize
decentralize
24,210 corpus weight
- Decima
Decima
24,209 corpus weight
- dewatering
dewatering
24,203 corpus weight
- diarist
diarist
24,201 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Decima” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Decima |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛsɪmə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Decima” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Decima is uncommon English at frequency #75,792 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdɛsɪmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Decima in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin meaning "the tenth". The correct English form is Decima, spelled D-E-C-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.
Etymology
From Latin meaning "the tenth".
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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