# depict

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈpɪkt/ · frequency rank #16,887

## Definitions
1. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

## Etymology
From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.

## Easily confused with
- **depot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-depot)
- **device** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-device)
- **detect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-detect)
- **deport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-deport)
- **desist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-desist)
- **Dewitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-dewitt)
- **depicted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-depicted)
- **debit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-depict)
- **defect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defect-vs-depict)
- **depart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-depict)
- **deduct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deduct-vs-depict)
- **deficit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deficit-vs-depict)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddepict`, `deipct`, `depcit`, `depicct`, `depictt`, `depitc`, `deppict`, `dpeict`, `edpict`

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