décadent

\de.ka.dɑ̃\

/\de.ka.dɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“décadent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,715
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à ce que l'on considère comme époque de décadence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decadent · décadent · French

décadent · rank #46,715 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,715
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH débrouillent

Nearest frequency peer: débrouillent (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « décadent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « décadent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

décadent vs devaient
63% similar
décadent vs décident
88% similar
décadent vs dégagent
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for décadent
PropertyValue
Headworddécadent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.ka.dɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,715
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « décadent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).décadentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « débrouillent » (#46,714), « décalages » (#46,716), « déconnes » (#46,717). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « décadent » est au #46,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around décadent (IPA \de.ka.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,715 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for décadent, with forms such as "dcéadent", "ddécadent", and "decadent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "devaient", "décident", "dégagent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 French form is décadent, spelled D-É-C-A-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient à ce que l'on considère comme époque de décadence.
  2. 2
    Qui résulte de la décadence ou qui l’atteste.
  3. 3
    Qui appartient au courant du décadentisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how décadent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les idées qui ont cours chez les moralistes modernes viennent, pour une très notable partie, de la Grèce décadente.
  2. Art décadent.

Synonyms

déchéant

This word in other languages

decadent(English)dekadent(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcéadent
  • ddécadent
  • decadent
  • déacdent
  • décaddent
  • décadennt
  • décadentt
  • décadetn
  • décadnet
  • décaednt
  • déccadent
  • décdaent
  • édcadent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décadent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

dcéadent2ddécadent1decadent1déacdent2décaddent1décadennt1décadentt1décadetn2
Edit distance from "décadent"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "décadent"?
"décadent" is spelled D-É-C-A-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ka.dɑ̃\.
What does "décadent" mean?
As an adjective, "décadent" means: Qui appartient à ce que l'on considère comme époque de décadence.
What words are commonly confused with "décadent"?
"décadent" is commonly confused with "devaient", "décident", "dégagent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "décadent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décadent" is \de.ka.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décadent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "décadent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déconnes#46,717dérouter#46,729diptyque#46,699désirées#46,732

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

entrerait13 variantscontroller13 variantsconsommait13 variantsfinalisée13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list