depot
/ˈdiːpoʊ/noun
depot is spelled D-E-P-O-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, depot means “A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of depot is depots or dépôts.
How many letters and syllables are in depot?
| Letters | 5: D-E-P-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd 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 depot?
Depot appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 depot?
- UK /ˈdɛpəʊ/
- US /ˈdiːpoʊ/
- Australia /ˈdepɐʉ/
Depot 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-depot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with depot?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as depot from its last stressed vowel (/ipoʊ/):
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 depot
- depots plural
- dépôt rare
- dépôts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does depot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
Near-synonyms: depository, repository
- 2
A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
- 3
USA bus station or railway station.
- 4
A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
- 5
A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
- 6
The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
- 7
A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed.
depot injection
- 8
The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.
noun
- 1
rareRare spelling of depot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Depot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dépôt |
| German | Depot, Lager, Speicherraum |
| Portuguese | depósito , estação |
| Spanish | depósito , estación |
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 depot come from?
From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).