# decorum

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈkɔːɹəm/ · frequency rank #34,010

## Definitions
1. Appropriate social behavior.
2. A convention of social behavior.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin decōrum, neuter form of decōrus (“proper, decent”).

## Easily confused with
- **decor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decor-vs-decorum)

## Common misspellings (10)
`dceorum`, `ddecorum`, `deccorum`, `decormu`, `decorrum`, `decorumm`, `decourm`, `decroum`, `deocrum`, `edcorum`

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