decime
/dɛˈsiːm/
"decime" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decime” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of tithing (a division of the hundreds of medieval England)
Corpus desk
Index EN-decime · decime · English
decime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decime |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɛˈsiːm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “decime” in English
Rare enough to double-check
decime is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɛˈsiːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of tithing (a division of the hundreds of medieval England)".
No misspelling variants are generated for decime in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin decima (“a tenth; a tithing”). By surface analysis, dec- + -ime. Doublet of decim, decima, and dime. The correct English form is decime, spelled D-E-C-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of tithing (a division of the hundreds of medieval England)
Etymology
From Latin decima (“a tenth; a tithing”). By surface analysis, dec- + -ime. Doublet of decim, decima, and dime.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.