décollage
[d̪ekoˈlaʃ]
The verdict
“décollage” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Técnica opuesta al collage. En lugar de construir una imagen a partir de la suma de otras imágenes, se construye la nueva obra rasgando o eliminando algunas partes de la imagen original.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décollage |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪ekoˈlaʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décollage” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for décollage is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪ekoˈlaʃ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for décollage, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is décollage, spelled D-É-C-O-L-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Técnica opuesta al collage. En lugar de construir una imagen a partir de la suma de otras imágenes, se construye la nueva obra rasgando o eliminando algunas partes de la imagen original.
- 2Obra artística realizada mediante esta técnica.
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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.
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Using “décollage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-É-C-O-L-L-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪ekoˈlaʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.