deport
/dɪˈpɔɹt/verb
deport is spelled D-E-P-O-R-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, deport means “To evict, especially from a country” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in deport?
| Letters | 6: D-E-P-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 deport?
Deport appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 deport?
- US /dɪˈpɔɹt/
- UK /dɪˈpɔːt/
- /dɪˈpoɹt/
Deport has 2 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: En-us-deport.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with deport?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as deport from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ported, redtop.
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).
Forms of deport
- deports present, singular, he/she/it
- deporting participle, present
- deported participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deport mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
archaicTo comport (oneself); to behave.
- 2
To evict, especially from a country.
Ask her to deport all illegals living in this town without a green card or the appropriate documents that prove their naturalized citizenship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Deport in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to evict, especially from a country:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déporter |
| German | abschieben, ausweisen, deportieren |
| Portuguese | deportar |
| Spanish | deportar |
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 deport come from?
Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).