in depth
prepositional phrase
in depth is spelled I-N-D-E-P-T-H: 7 letters. People search “in-depth vs indepth” about 110 times a month (Google, United States). As a prepositional phrase, in depth means “Comprehensive, thorough, detailed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in in depth?
| Letters | 7: I-N-D-E-P-T-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce in depth?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-in_depth.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with in depth
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: indepth (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of in depth
- in-depth
- more in-depth comparative
- most in-depth superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does in depth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
prepositional phrase
- 1
Comprehensive, thorough, detailed.
adjective
- 1
Thorough; comprehensive.
in-depth analysis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
In depth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense thorough, comprehensive:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | en profondeur |
| German | eingehend, tiefgehend, ausführlich, tiefgründig |
| Portuguese | aprofundado |
| Spanish | en profundidad, a fondo, profundado, profundizado, afondado, ahondado |
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.