# depot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɛpəʊ/ · frequency rank #7,674

## Definitions
1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
3. A 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.
8. The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

## Etymology
From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

## Easily confused with
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-dot)
- **devo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-devo)
- **depth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-depth)
- **Devon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-devon)
- **detox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-detox)
- **Devos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-devos)
- **deputy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-deputy)
- **devote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-devote)
- **devout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-devout)
- **Dupont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-dupont)
- **Dermot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-dermot)
- **despot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-despot)
- **deo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deo-vs-depot)
- **dep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dep-vs-depot)
- **debt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debt-vs-depot)
- **demo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demo-vs-depot)
- **dent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dent-vs-depot)
- **deco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deco-vs-depot)
- **deft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deft-vs-depot)
- **debut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debut-vs-depot)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddepot`, `deopt`, `depott`, `deppot`, `depto`, `dpeot`, `edpot`

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