decreto

/[d̪eˈkɾet̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,721

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

decreto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Disposición o decisión tomada por una autoridad sobre la materia en que tenga competencia. Jerárquicamente suele ser inferior a las leyes. Pronounced [d̪eˈkɾet̪o]. It ranks #1,721 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with descrito and decretos.

Key facts for decreto
PropertyValue
Headworddecreto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eˈkɾet̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,721
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for decreto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈkɾet̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,721 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for decreto, with forms such as "dcereto", "ddecreto", and "deccreto". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "descrito", "decretos", "discreto", and more, 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 decreto, spelled D-E-C-R-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disposición o decisión tomada por una autoridad sobre la materia en que tenga competencia. Jerárquicamente suele ser inferior a las leyes.
  2. 2
    Sentencia jurídica en tiempos del Imperio romano.
  3. 3
    Documento ordenado por un superior de diócesis católica romana, para asignar unos eclesiásticos a particulares parroquias.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dcereto,ddecreto,deccreto,decerto,decreot,decretto,decrreto,decrteo,derceto,edcreto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for decreto

Misspelling Variants of "decreto"

dcereto7ddecreto8deccreto8decerto7decreot7decretto8decrreto8decrteo7
Misspelling Variants of "decreto"

Frequency rank: #1,721 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "decreto"?
"decreto" is spelled D-E-C-R-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈkɾet̪o].
What does "decreto" mean?
As a noun, "decreto" means: Disposición o decisión tomada por una autoridad sobre la materia en que tenga competencia. Jerárquicamente suele ser inferior a las leyes.
What words are commonly confused with "decreto"?
"decreto" is commonly confused with "descrito", "decretos", "discreto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "decreto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "decreto" is [d̪eˈkɾet̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "decreto" come from?
"decreto" 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.