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depletion

/dɪˈpliːʃən/noun

depletion is spelled D-E-P-L-E-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, depletion means “The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of depletion is depletions.

How many letters and syllables are in depletion?

Letters9: D-E-P-L-E-T-I-O-N
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is depletion?

Depletion appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 depletion?

  • /dɪˈpliːʃən/

Depletion 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-depletion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of depletion

  • depletions plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does depletion mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.

  2. 2

    The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.

  3. 3

    archaicThe act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.

  4. 4

    gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Depletion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanErschöpfen, Erschöpfung (exhaustion), Leerung, Schwund, Abbau, Verarmung (consumption of a resource faster than it can be…)
Portugueseesgotamento, exaustão, depleção (exhaustion)
Spanishdepleción (exhaustion)
Frenchdéplétion (gradual expense or use of natural resources…)

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.

Where does depletion come from?

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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