# depart

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈpɑːt/ · frequency rank #11,679

## Definitions
1. To leave.
2. To set out on a journey.
3. To die.
4. To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
5. To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
6. To go away from; to leave.
7. To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)
8. To divide up; to distribute, share.
9. To separate, part.

## Etymology
From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

## Easily confused with
- **depot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-depot)
- **Dewar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-dewar)
- **desert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-desert)
- **depict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-depict)
- **deport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-deport)
- **DePaul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-depaul)
- **departed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-departed)
- **dear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dear-vs-depart)
- **dart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dart-vs-depart)
- **dealt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealt-vs-depart)
- **dearth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dearth-vs-depart)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddepart`, `deaprt`, `deparrt`, `departt`, `depatr`, `deppart`, `deprat`, `dpeart`, `edpart`

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