depleted
/dɪˈpliːtəd/adjective, verb
depleted is spelled D-E-P-L-E-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, depleted means “Used up, expended; of which nothing is left” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in depleted?
| Letters | 8: D-E-P-L-E-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is depleted?
Depleted appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce depleted?
- UK /dɪˈpliːtəd/
Depleted has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-depleted.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with depleted?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as depleted from its last stressed vowel (/itəd/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does depleted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
The depleted aerosol can spray no more since there was no propellant left.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of deplete
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Depleted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense used up, expended:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | épuisé |
| German | aufgebraucht, erschöpft |
| Spanish | agotado, mermado, depleto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.