dépotoir
\de.pɔ.twaʁ\
The verdict
“dépotoir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,765
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Endroit destiné à recevoir des matières de vidange ou des ordures.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dépotoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.pɔ.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dépotoir” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around dépotoir (IPA \de.pɔ.twaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,765 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dépotoir, with forms such as "ddépotoir", "depotoir", and "dpéotoir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dépotoir, spelled D-É-P-O-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Endroit destiné à recevoir des matières de vidange ou des ordures.
- 2Accumulation de déchets près d’une résidence, d’un ancien lieu d’habitation ou d’activité humaine.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddépotoir
- depotoir
- dpéotoir
- déoptoir
- dépootir
- dépotior
- dépotoirr
- dépotori
- dépottoir
- déppotoir
- déptooir
- édpotoir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dépotoir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dépotoir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-P-O-T-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.pɔ.twaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.