# deport

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈpɔɹt/ · frequency rank #22,948

## Definitions
1. To comport (oneself); to behave.
2. To evict, especially from a country.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.

## Easily confused with
- **depot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-depot)
- **desert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-desert)
- **devout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-devout)
- **Dupont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-dupont)
- **despot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-despot)
- **depose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-depose)
- **deposit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-deposit)
- **decor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decor-vs-deport)
- **depart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depart-vs-deport)
- **depict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-deport)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddeport`, `deoprt`, `deporrt`, `deportt`, `depotr`, `depport`, `deprot`, `dpeort`, `edport`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/deport