depository
/dɪˈpɑzɪtɔɹi/noun
depository is spelled D-E-P-O-S-I-T-O-R-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, depository means “A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of depository is depositories.
How many letters and syllables are in depository?
| Letters | 10: D-E-P-O-S-I-T-O-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 depository?
Depository appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th 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 depository?
- UK /dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/
- US /dɪˈpɑzɪtɔɹi/
Depository has 5 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-depository.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with depository?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as depository from its last stressed vowel (/ɑzɪtɔɹi/):
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 depository
- depositories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does depository mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.
- 2
A trustee; a depositary.
depository library
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Depository in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a place where something is deposited:
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 depository come from?
From Medieval Latin dēpositōrium, from Latin dēpositum, past participle of dēpōnō. By surface analysis, deposit + -ory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).