decidían
[d̪esiˈð̞iãn]
The verdict
“decidían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,512 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,512
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de decidir o de decidirse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decidían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esiˈð̞iãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “decidían” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
decidían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,512 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esiˈð̞iãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de decidir o de decidirse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for decidían, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is decidían, spelled D-E-C-I-D-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de decidir o de decidirse.
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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Using “decidían”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-C-I-D-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esiˈð̞iãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.