decibeles
[d̪esiˈβ̞eles]
The verdict
“decibeles” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,651 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,651
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de decibel.
Corpus desk
Index ES-decibeles · decibeles · Spanish
decibeles · rank #72,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,651
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH debutaron
Nearest frequency peer: debutaron (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “decibeles”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- datado
datado
27,354 corpus weight
- debutaron
debutaron
27,351 corpus weight
- decibeles
decibeles
27,350 corpus weight
- Decio
Decio
27,349 corpus weight
- dedicarán
dedicarán
27,348 corpus weight
- dediquemos
dediquemos
27,347 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “decibeles” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decibeles |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esiˈβ̞eles] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “decibeles” en español
Rare enough to double-check
decibeles is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,651 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪esiˈβ̞eles]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de decibel.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for decibeles, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is decibeles, spelled D-E-C-I-B-E-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de decibel.
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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