decénio
/dɨ.ˈsɛ.nju/
The verdict
“decénio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que decênio
Corpus desk
Index PT-decenio · decénio · Portuguese
decénio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | decénio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.ˈsɛ.nju/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “decénio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
decénio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɨ.ˈsɛ.nju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o mesmo que decênio".
No generated misspelling entries exist for decénio in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is decénio, spelled D-E-C-É-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que decênio
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.