# decente

> Portuguese word · Adjective · IPA /dɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/ · frequency rank #7,621

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

## Easily confused with
- **dente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-dente)
- **doente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-doente)
- **decote** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-decote)
- **delete** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-delete)
- **docente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-docente)
- **detento** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-detento)
- **demente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-demente)
- **decerto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decente-vs-decerto)
- **decadente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/decadente-vs-decente)

## Common misspellings (10)
`dceente`, `ddecente`, `deccente`, `decenet`, `decennte`, `decentte`, `decetne`, `decnete`, `deecnte`, `edcente`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/decente