decimosexto
[d̪esimoˈsekst̪o]
The verdict
“decimosexto” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #86,665 in Spanish word frequency and used as a numeral.
- #86,665
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que va después del decimoquinto en una serie ordenada; ordinal del dieciséis.
| 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) |
Where “decimosexto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for decimosexto is 11 letters long, classified as a numeral, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esimoˈsekst̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,665 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “decimosexto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-C-I-M-O-S-E-X-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esimoˈsekst̪o] (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.