decrepitud
[d̪ekɾepiˈt̪uð̞]
The verdict
“decrepitud” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condición del anciano que está mental y físicamente muy deteriorado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-decrepitud · decrepitud · Spanish
decrepitud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decrepitud |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪ekɾepiˈt̪uð̞] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “decrepitud” en español
Rare enough to double-check
decrepitud is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪ekɾepiˈt̪uð̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for decrepitud, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is decrepitud, spelled D-E-C-R-E-P-I-T-U-D.
Definition
- 1Condición del anciano que está mental y físicamente muy deteriorado.
- 2Estado de deterioro extremo de las cosas, que por su edad ya se acaban.
- 3Estado de suma vejez.
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.