decían
[d̪eˈsiãn]
The verdict
“decían” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,909
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de decir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-decian · decían · Spanish
decían · rank #3,909 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,909
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH creando
Nearest frequency peer: creando (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “decían”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- coca
coca
96,095 corpus weight
- comparte
comparte
96,094 corpus weight
- creando
creando
96,093 corpus weight
- decían
decían
96,092 corpus weight
- departament…
departamentos
96,091 corpus weight
- determinado
determinado
96,090 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “decían” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | decían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈsiãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “decían” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around decían (IPA [d̪eˈsiãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,909 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de decir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for decían, with forms such as "dceían", "ddecían", and "decaín". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "decir", "dejan", "decís", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is decían, spelled D-E-C-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de decir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceían
- ddecían
- decaín
- deccían
- decíann
- decína
- deícan
- edcían
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decían - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "decían", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.