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decil

Spanish, noun[d̪eˈsil]

decil is spelled D-E-C-I-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decil is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “decile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de los grupos de los diez de igual frecuencia en que se divide un total”.

What does decil mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedecile

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cualquiera de los grupos de los diez de igual frecuencia en que se divide un total.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of decil

  • deciles plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce decil?

  • [d̪eˈsil]
  • [d̪eˈθil]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to decil

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is decil in Spanish?

decil appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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