decimal
/dɛ.si.ˈmaɫ/
The verdict
“decimal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,221
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a dez ou à décima parte
Corpus desk
Index PT-decimal · decimal · Portuguese
decimal · rank #34,221 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,221
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH demasia
Nearest frequency peer: demasia (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “decimal”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- crepe
crepe
65,788 corpus weight
- cute
cute
65,784 corpus weight
- decimal
decimal
65,780 corpus weight
- demasia
demasia
65,777 corpus weight
- dies
dies
65,765 corpus weight
- Dietrich
Dietrich
65,764 corpus weight
What this shows “decimal” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decimal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɛ.si.ˈmaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “decimal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around decimal (IPA /dɛ.si.ˈmaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,221 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 decimal, with forms such as "dceimal", "ddecimal", and "deccimal". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "décimo", "decisão", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 decimal, spelled D-E-C-I-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo a dez ou à décima parte
- 2que tem por base o número dez
- 3número escrito no sistema decimal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceimal
- ddecimal
- deccimal
- deciaml
- decimall
- decimla
- decimmal
- decmial
- deicmal
- edcimal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decimal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "decimal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).