décimal
/de.si.mal/
The verdict
“décimal” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Decimal, relativo a la décima parte de una cantidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-decimal · décimal · Spanish
décimal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décimal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /de.si.mal/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “décimal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
décimal is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /de.si.mal/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Decimal, relativo a la décima parte de una cantidad.".
décimal has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is décimal, spelled D-É-C-I-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Decimal, relativo a la décima parte de una cantidad.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.