decente

/[d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,167

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

decente is anSpanishadj. It means: De proceder honesto, justo, debido Pronounced [d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #6,167 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with diente and delante.

Key facts for decente
PropertyValue
Headworddecente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,167
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of decente in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for decente is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,167 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for decente, with forms such as "dceente", "ddecente", and "deccente". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "diente", "delante", "depende", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is decente, spelled D-E-C-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De proceder honesto, justo, debido
  2. 2
    Conforme al estado o calidad de la persona
  3. 3
    Limpio, aseado, ordenado, arreglado
  4. 4
    Digno
  5. 5
    Bien portado
  6. 6
    De calidad o cantidad suficiente, moderadamente satisfactorio
  7. 7
    Que observa las reglas de la moral, el pudor y el recato.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dceente,ddecente,deccente,decenet,decennte,decentte,decetne,decnete,deecnte,desente,edcente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for decente

Misspelling Variants of "decente"

dceente7ddecente8deccente8decenet7decennte8decentte8decetne7decnete7
Misspelling Variants of "decente"

Frequency rank: #6,167 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "decente"?
"decente" is spelled D-E-C-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e].
What does "decente" mean?
As an adj, "decente" means: De proceder honesto, justo, debido
What words are commonly confused with "decente"?
"decente" is commonly confused with "diente", "delante", "depende". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "decente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "decente" is [d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "decente" come from?
"decente" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.