declive

/[d̪eˈkliβ̞e]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,568

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

declive is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pendiente o inclinación del terreno o de una superficie. Pronounced [d̪eˈkliβ̞e]. Often confused with decide and decime.

Key facts for declive
PropertyValue
Headworddeclive
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eˈkliβ̞e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,568
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of declive in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for declive is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈkliβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,568 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for declive, with forms such as "dcelive", "ddeclive", and "decclive". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "decide", "decime", "declare", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is declive, spelled D-E-C-L-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pendiente o inclinación del terreno o de una superficie.
  2. 2
    Decadencia, pérdida de importancia progresiva de una cosa.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dcelive,ddeclive,decclive,decilve,declibe,decliev,declivve,decllive,declvie,delcive,edclive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for declive

Misspelling Variants of "declive"

dcelive7ddeclive8decclive8decilve7declibe7decliev7declivve8decllive8
Misspelling Variants of "declive"

Frequency rank: #14,568 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "declive"?
"declive" is spelled D-E-C-L-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈkliβ̞e].
What does "declive" mean?
As a noun, "declive" means: Pendiente o inclinación del terreno o de una superficie.
What words are commonly confused with "declive"?
"declive" is commonly confused with "decide", "decime", "declare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "declive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "declive" is [d̪eˈkliβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "declive" come from?
"declive" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.