depraved
/dɪˈpɹeɪvd/adjective, verb
depraved is spelled D-E-P-R-A-V-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, depraved means “Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in depraved?
| Letters | 8: D-E-P-R-A-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is depraved?
Depraved appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 depraved?
- UK /dɪˈpɹeɪvd/
Depraved 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-depraved.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of depraved
- more depraved comparative
- most depraved superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does depraved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
a depraved killer
- 2
Violating principles of rectitude or given standards of decency.
- 3
archaicDistorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of deprave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Depraved in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense extremely wrong in a moral sense:
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.