deprave
/dɪˈpɹeɪv/
"deprave" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deprave” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
Corpus desk
Index EN-deprave · deprave · English
deprave · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | deprave |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈpɹeɪv/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deprave” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deprave is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪˈpɹeɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for deprave, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”). The correct English form is deprave, spelled D-E-P-R-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
- 2To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
Etymology
From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).
This word in other languages
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.