# decode

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈkəʊd/ · frequency rank #28,168

## Definitions
1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
2. To figure out something difficult to interpret.

## Etymology
From de- + code.

## Easily confused with
- **decor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-decor)
- **diode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-diode)
- **decoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-decoy)
- **decree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-decree)
- **devote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-devote)
- **denote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-denote)
- **depose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-depose)
- **decoder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decode-vs-decoder)
- **deco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deco-vs-decode)
- **decide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decide-vs-decode)
- **decade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decade-vs-decode)
- **decided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decided-vs-decode)
- **decades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decades-vs-decode)
- **decides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decides-vs-decode)
- **decider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decider-vs-decode)

## Common misspellings (8)
`dceode`, `ddecode`, `deccode`, `decdoe`, `decodde`, `decoed`, `deocde`, `edcode`

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