deplore
/dɪˈploɹ/
"deplore" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deplore” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,334 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #57,334
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deplore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈploɹ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deplore” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for deplore is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪˈploɹ/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,334 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deplore, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain. The correct English form is deplore, spelled D-E-P-L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- 2To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
- 3To regard as hopeless; to give up.
Etymology
From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “deplore”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-E-P-L-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪˈploɹ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.