depravation
/dɛp.ɹəˈveɪ.ʃən/
"depravation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“depravation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Detraction; depreciation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-depravation · depravation · English
depravation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | depravation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɛp.ɹəˈveɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “depravation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
depravation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɛp.ɹəˈveɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for depravation in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French dépravation, from Latin dēprāvātiō (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”). The correct English form is depravation, spelled D-E-P-R-A-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Detraction; depreciation.
- 2The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
- 3The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
- 4Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Etymology
From Middle French dépravation, from Latin dēprāvātiō (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.