decoloured
/diːˈkʌləd/
"decoloured" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decoloured” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - From which the colour has been removed; bleached.
Corpus desk
Index EN-decoloured · decoloured · English
decoloured · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decoloured |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /diːˈkʌləd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “decoloured” in English
Rare enough to double-check
decoloured is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /diːˈkʌləd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "From which the colour has been removed; bleached.".
decoloured has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + coloured. The correct English form is decoloured, spelled D-E-C-O-L-O-U-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1From which the colour has been removed; bleached.
Etymology
From de- + coloured.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.