depósitovsdepostoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: depósito is a noun, deposto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“depósito” is a noun and “deposto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,289
“depósito” frequency rank
#18,306
“deposto” frequency rank
23595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature depósito deposto
Definition ato ou efeito de depositar que foi alvo de deposição (abdicação, renúncia, demissão)

Letter map: depósito vs deposto

Shared letters muted; letters that set depósito and deposto apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. depósito runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against deposto's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
depósito
7 ch
deposto

Grammar separator: depósito vs deposto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: depósito is anoun and depostoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

depósito is recorded at frequency rank #5,289, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.ˈpɔ.zi.tu/. deposto is at rank #18,306, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 23595, this pair ranks #46,206 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of depósito vs deposto

Shared letters: deopst. Private to "depósito": ió. Private to "deposto": -.

"depósito" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "deposto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deposto ← ddeposto · deopsto · deposot · depossto · depostto · depotso · depposto · depsoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "depósito" and "deposto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "depósito" is a noun and "deposto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "depósito" vs "deposto" - which ranks higher?
"depósito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,289 in our Portuguese list, against #18,306 for "deposto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "depósito" and "deposto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "depósito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "deposto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,206 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "depósito" and "deposto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deposto vs desgosto". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #46,206 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list