decente

/dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/

//dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ// adj

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The verdict

“decente” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,621
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que age com decência

Corpus desk

Index PT-decente · decente · Portuguese

decente · rank #7,621 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,621
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH deslocamento

Nearest frequency peer: deslocamento (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “decente”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “decente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

decente vs dente
71% similar
decente vs doente
71% similar
decente vs decote
71% similar

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

Key facts for decente
PropertyValue
Headworddecente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,621
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “decente”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.decentecai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “deslocamento” (#7,622), “configuração” (#7,616), “devidamente” (#7,626). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “decente” fica em #7,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around decente (IPA /dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,621 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for decente, with forms such as "dceente", "ddecente", and "deccente". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "dente", "doente", "decote", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is decente, spelled D-E-C-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que age com decência
  2. 2
    que mostra recato, pudor
  3. 3
    adequado, conveniente

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ele é decente e educado.
  2. Ela é uma moça decente.

Synonyms

honestohonrado

Antonyms

indecente

This word in other languages

decent(English)decente(Español)décent(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dceente
  • ddecente
  • deccente
  • decenet
  • decennte
  • decentte
  • decetne
  • decnete
  • deecnte
  • edcente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dceente2ddecente1deccente1decenet2decennte1decentte1decetne2decnete2
Edit distance from "decente"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "decente"?
"decente" is spelled D-E-C-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/.
What does "decente" mean?
As an adjective, "decente" means: que age com decência
What words are commonly confused with "decente"?
"decente" is commonly confused with "dente", "doente", "decote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "decente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "decente" is /dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "decente" come from?
"decente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abraçar#7,588árbitro#7,583Matthew#7,660montado#7,663

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

navegar10 variantsobtenção10 variantspistola10 variantsnogueira10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list