decencia
[d̪eˈsẽnsja]
The verdict
“decencia” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,881. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,881
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condición o carácter de decente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-decencia · decencia · Spanish
decencia · rank #13,881 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,881
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH cursar
Nearest frequency peer: cursar (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “decencia”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- crueles
crueles
86,123 corpus weight
- currículum
currículum
86,122 corpus weight
- cursar
cursar
86,121 corpus weight
- decencia
decencia
86,120 corpus weight
- decidida
decidida
86,119 corpus weight
- desigualdad…
desigualdades
86,117 corpus weight
What this shows “decencia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eˈsẽnsja] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “decencia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around decencia (IPA [d̪eˈsẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,881 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for decencia, with forms such as "dceencia", "ddecencia", and "deccencia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "decenio", "detenía", "denuncia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is decencia, spelled D-E-C-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Condición o carácter de decente.
- 2Acatamiento externo a las convivencias sociales y a las buenas costumbres.
- 3Decoro y seriedad en el hablar y en el actuar.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceencia
- ddecencia
- deccencia
- dececnia
- decencai
- decenccia
- decenica
- decenncia
- decnecia
- deecncia
- desensia
- edcencia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decencia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "decencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).