décathlon

Name: décathlon, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\de.ka.tlɔ̃\

/\de.ka.tlɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“décathlon” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,625
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Concours comprenant dix épreuves.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decathlon · décathlon · French

décathlon · rank #25,625 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #25,625
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH duck

Nearest frequency peer: duck (-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.

dual

74,378
duck

74,377
décathlon

74,376
défensives

74,375
délibérée

74,374
dénoncée

74,373

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

Key facts for décathlon
Property	Value
Headword	décathlon
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\de.ka.tlɔ̃\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#25,625
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « décathlon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.décathlonse place ici:

#25,625

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « duck » (#25,624), « défensives » (#25,626), « dual » (#25,623). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « décathlon » est au #25,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around décathlon (IPA \de.ka.tlɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,625 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for décathlon, with forms such as "dcéathlon", "ddécathlon", and "decathlon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 décathlon, spelled D-É-C-A-T-H-L-O-N.

Definition

1
Concours comprenant dix épreuves.
2
Concours qui se déroule en deux jours comprenant le 100 m, le saut en longueur, lancer du poids, saut en hauteur, 400 m, 110 m haies, lancer du disque, saut à la perche, lancer du javelot, 1500 m.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Le décathlon est sans doute, aux Jeux olympiques, la plus exigeante des disciplines athlétiques en plein air.

This word in other languages

decathlon(English)Zehnkampf(Deutsch)decatlo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

dcéathlon
ddécathlon
decathlon
déacthlon
décahtlon
décathhlon
décathllon
décathlno
décathlonn
décatholn
décatlhon
décatthlon
déccathlon
déctahlon
édcathlon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décathlon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "décathlon"

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 "décathlon"?

"décathlon" is spelled D-É-C-A-T-H-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ka.tlɔ̃\.

What does "décathlon" mean?

As a noun, "décathlon" means: Concours comprenant dix épreuves.

What are common misspellings of "décathlon"?

Common misspellings include "dcéathlon", "ddécathlon", "decathlon", "déacthlon", "décahtlon". The correct spelling is "décathlon".

How do you pronounce "décathlon"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décathlon" is \de.ka.tlɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "décathlon" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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