deposits
/dɪˈpɑzɪts/
"deposits" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deposits” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,120 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,120
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of deposit
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deposits |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈpɑzɪts/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deposits” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for deposits is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪˈpɑzɪts/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,120 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of deposit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for deposits, with forms such as "ddeposits", "deopsits", and "depoists". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "deposit", "deposited", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is deposits, spelled D-E-P-O-S-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of deposit
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddeposits,deopsits,depoists,deposist,depositss,depositts,depossits,depostis,depposits,depsoits,dpeosits,edposits
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deposits - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “deposits”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-P-O-S-I-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪˈpɑzɪts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “deposit” - see the side-by-side comparison. deposits vs deposit
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.