decomiso
[d̪ekoˈmiso]
The verdict
“decomiso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,833 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,833
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de infligir un castigo que consiste en adueñar o privar de los bienes causa un delito, a favor del enriquecimiento del estado.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decomiso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪ekoˈmiso] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “decomiso” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
decomiso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,833 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪ekoˈmiso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
decomiso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is decomiso, spelled D-E-C-O-M-I-S-O.
Definition
- 1Acción de infligir un castigo que consiste en adueñar o privar de los bienes causa un delito, a favor del enriquecimiento del estado.
- 2Retirada del mercado los productos ilegales o prohibidos por las autoridades.
- 3Institución que se ocupa de vender mercancías provenientes del decomiso.
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 “decomiso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-C-O-M-I-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪ekoˈmiso] (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.