Which to use
“deleted” and “depleted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,317
- “deleted” frequency rank
- #16,002
- “depleted” frequency rank
- 21319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deleted | depleted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having been deleted or eliminated; absent from the final version. | Used up, expended; of which nothing is left. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set deleted and depleted apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
deleted and depleted are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deleted is recorded at frequency rank #5,317, classified as anadj. depleted is at rank #16,002, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dɪˈpliːtəd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21319, this pair ranks #424,760 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deleted vs depleted
Shared letters: delt. Private to "deleted": -. Private to "depleted": p.
"deleted" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "depleted" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering deleted vs depleted
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