decimosexto
[d̪esimoˈsekst̪o]
The verdict
“decimosexto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,665 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,665
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que va después del decimoquinto en una serie ordenada; ordinal del dieciséis.
Corpus desk
Index ES-decimosexto · decimosexto · Spanish
decimosexto · rank #86,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,665
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH decimoséptima
Nearest frequency peer: decimoséptima (+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 “decimosexto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- daos
daos
13,339 corpus weight
- decimosexto
decimosexto
13,336 corpus weight
- decimosépti…
decimoséptima
13,335 corpus weight
- derrape
derrape
13,332 corpus weight
- derrocada
derrocada
13,331 corpus weight
- desaprueban
desaprueban
13,330 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “decimosexto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decimosexto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [d̪esimoˈsekst̪o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “decimosexto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
decimosexto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,665 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed [d̪esimoˈsekst̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que va después del decimoquinto en una serie ordenada; ordinal del dieciséis.".
decimosexto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 decimosexto, spelled D-E-C-I-M-O-S-E-X-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que va después del decimoquinto en una serie ordenada; ordinal del dieciséis.
This word in other languages
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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