deca
/ˈdɛ.t͡sa/
The verdict
“deca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,729 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,729
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conveniente, decoroso, apropriado
Corpus desk
Index PT-deca · deca · Portuguese
deca · rank #64,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,729
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH deformar
Nearest frequency peer: deformar (+3 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “deca”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- croquete
croquete
35,286 corpus weight
- cêntimo
cêntimo
35,278 corpus weight
- cópula
cópula
35,277 corpus weight
- deca
deca
35,272 corpus weight
- deformar
deformar
35,269 corpus weight
- desentupir
desentupir
35,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “deca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɛ.t͡sa/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “deca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
deca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,729 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdɛ.t͡sa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "conveniente, decoroso, apropriado".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for deca, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is deca, spelled D-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1conveniente, decoroso, apropriado
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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