deponent
/dɪˈpəʊnənt/
"deponent" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deponent” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).
Corpus desk
Index EN-deponent · deponent · English
deponent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deponent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈpəʊnənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deponent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deponent is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪˈpəʊnənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).".
Zero misspellings are on record for deponent in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings. The correct English form is deponent, spelled D-E-P-O-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).
Etymology
From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.