dépôt

[de.po]

/[de.po]/ noun

The verdict

“dépôt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Depot, Einlage

Corpus desk

Index DE-depot · dépôt · German

dépôt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for dépôt
PropertyValue
Headworddépôt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[de.po]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dépôt“ im Deutschen

dépôtschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dépôt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [de.po]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Depot, Einlage".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dépôt, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dépôt, spelled D-É-P-Ô-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Depot, Einlage

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépôt"?
"dépôt" is spelled D-É-P-Ô-T. The IPA pronunciation is [de.po].
What does "dépôt" mean?
As a noun, "dépôt" means: Depot, Einlage
How do you pronounce "dépôt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépôt" is [de.po]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépôt" come from?
"dépôt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list