depósito

/[d̪eˈposit̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,501

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

depósito is aSpanishnoun. It means: Contrato por el que se entrega a una persona un bien para que lo guarde y custodie con obligación de restituirlo posteriormente. Pronounced [d̪eˈposit̪o]. It ranks #4,501 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with depósitos and deposita.

Key facts for depósito
PropertyValue
Headworddepósito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eˈposit̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,501
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of depósito in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for depósito is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈposit̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,501 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for depósito, with forms such as "ddepósito", "deppósito", and "depsóito". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "depósitos", "deposita", "depositan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is depósito, spelled D-E-P-Ó-S-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contrato por el que se entrega a una persona un bien para que lo guarde y custodie con obligación de restituirlo posteriormente.
  2. 2
    Lugar en el cual se guarda alguna cosa.
  3. 3
    Sedimento restante de algún efecto natural cómo el paso del agua

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddepósito,deppósito,depsóito,depócito,depóisto,depósiot,depósitto,depóssito,depóstio,deópsito,dpeósito,edpósito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for depósito

Misspelling Variants of "depósito"

ddepósito9deppósito9depsóito8depócito8depóisto8depósiot8depósitto9depóssito9
Misspelling Variants of "depósito"

Frequency rank: #4,501 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "depósito"?
"depósito" is spelled D-E-P-Ó-S-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈposit̪o].
What does "depósito" mean?
As a noun, "depósito" means: Contrato por el que se entrega a una persona un bien para que lo guarde y custodie con obligación de restituirlo posteriormente.
What words are commonly confused with "depósito"?
"depósito" is commonly confused with "depósitos", "deposita", "depositan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "depósito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "depósito" is [d̪eˈposit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "depósito" come from?
"depósito" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.