depose
/diˈpoʊz/verb
depose is spelled D-E-P-O-S-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, depose means “To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in depose?
| Letters | 6: D-E-P-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th 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 depose?
Depose appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 depose?
- UK /dɪˈpəʊz/
- US /diˈpoʊz/
- US /dəˈpoʊz/
Depose 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-depose.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with depose?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as depose from its last stressed vowel (/oʊz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: speedo.
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 depose
- deposes present, singular, he/she/it
- deposing participle, present
- deposed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does depose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- 2
To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- 3
To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
- 4
To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- 5
To take or swear an oath.
- 6
To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Depose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | niederlegen, deponieren , absetzen, entthronen , unter Eid m aussagen, bezeugen |
| Portuguese | depor |
| Spanish | desponer, deponer , deposar |
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 depose come from?
Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).