diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php
index 2770fe32a198520eb021b0c677f1d329a1fa963e..1aca27fa55f01b4c6f24656dc3e58b76943e5405 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public function getConfigDependencyManager() {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function findConfigEntityDependents($type, array $names, ConfigDependencyManager $dependency_manager = NULL) {
+  public function findConfigEntityDependencies($type, array $names, ConfigDependencyManager $dependency_manager = NULL) {
     if (!$dependency_manager) {
       $dependency_manager = $this->getConfigDependencyManager();
     }
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ public function findConfigEntityDependents($type, array $names, ConfigDependency
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities($type, array $names, ConfigDependencyManager $dependency_manager = NULL) {
-    $dependencies = $this->findConfigEntityDependents($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
+  public function findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities($type, array $names, ConfigDependencyManager $dependency_manager = NULL) {
+    $dependencies = $this->findConfigEntityDependencies($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
     $entities = [];
     $definitions = $this->entityTypeManager->getDefinitions();
     foreach ($dependencies as $config_name => $dependency) {
@@ -299,6 +299,22 @@ public function findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities($type, array $names, Config
     return $entities_to_return;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function findConfigEntityDependents($type, array $names, ConfigDependencyManager $dependency_manager = NULL) {
+    @trigger_error('ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependents() is deprecated in drupal:9.3.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0. Instead you should use ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependencies(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/3225357', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+    return $this->findConfigEntityDependencies($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities($type, array $names, ConfigDependencyManager $dependency_manager = NULL) {
+    @trigger_error('ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities() is deprecated in drupal:9.3.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0. Instead you should use ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/3225357', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+    return $this->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -310,7 +326,7 @@ public function getConfigEntitiesToChangeOnDependencyRemoval($type, array $names
     // calling the onDependencyRemoval() method.
 
     // The list of original dependents on $names. This list never changes.
-    $original_dependents = $this->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
+    $original_dependents = $this->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
 
     // The current list of dependents on $names. This list is recalculated when
     // calling an entity's onDependencyRemoval() method results in the entity
@@ -348,7 +364,7 @@ public function getConfigEntitiesToChangeOnDependencyRemoval($type, array $names
         // Based on the updated data rebuild the list of current dependents.
         // This will remove entities that are no longer dependent after the
         // recalculation.
-        $current_dependents = $this->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
+        $current_dependents = $this->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities($type, $names, $dependency_manager);
         // Rebuild the list of entities that we need to process using the new
         // list of current dependents and removing any entities that we've
         // already processed.
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerInterface.php
index 85ad99b5b925540748438ac01f4406452eff45b4..5406d10d9f926e28271d505ef82765f0c185bf62 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerInterface.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public function getConfigDependencyManager();
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityDependency[]
    *   An array of configuration entity dependency objects.
    */
-  public function findConfigEntityDependents($type, array $names);
+  public function findConfigEntityDependencies($type, array $names);
 
   /**
    * Finds config entities that are dependent on extensions or entities.
@@ -130,6 +130,48 @@ public function findConfigEntityDependents($type, array $names);
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityInterface[]
    *   An array of dependencies as configuration entities.
    */
+  public function findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities($type, array $names);
+
+  /**
+   * Deprecated method to find config entity dependencies.
+   *
+   * @param string $type
+   *   The type of dependency being checked. Either 'module', 'theme', 'config'
+   *   or 'content'.
+   * @param array $names
+   *   The specific names to check. If $type equals 'module' or 'theme' then it
+   *   should be a list of module names or theme names. In the case of 'config'
+   *   or 'content' it should be a list of configuration dependency names.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityDependency[]
+   *   An array of configuration entity dependency objects.
+   *
+   * @deprecated in drupal:9.3.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0.
+   *   Instead you should use
+   *   ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependencies().
+   * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3225357
+   */
+  public function findConfigEntityDependents($type, array $names);
+
+  /**
+   * Deprecated method to find config entity dependencies as entities.
+   *
+   * @param string $type
+   *   The type of dependency being checked. Either 'module', 'theme', 'config'
+   *   or 'content'.
+   * @param array $names
+   *   The specific names to check. If $type equals 'module' or 'theme' then it
+   *   should be a list of module names or theme names. In the case of 'config'
+   *   or 'content' it should be a list of configuration dependency names.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityInterface[]
+   *   An array of dependencies as configuration entities.
+   *
+   * @deprecated in drupal:9.3.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0.
+   *   Instead you should use
+   *   ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities().
+   * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3225357
+   */
   public function findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities($type, array $names);
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ExcludedModulesEventSubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ExcludedModulesEventSubscriber.php
index a81f3e02a8cd449c5604724d44eafea95a93161b..93884d2b28e1f68e3d8dfd340d54a4015603b956 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ExcludedModulesEventSubscriber.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ExcludedModulesEventSubscriber.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ private function getDependentConfigNames() {
     }
 
     // Find all configuration that depends on the configuration found above.
-    foreach ($this->manager->findConfigEntityDependents('config', array_unique($config)) as $dependent) {
+    foreach ($this->manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('config', array_unique($config)) as $dependent) {
       $config[] = $dependent->getConfigDependencyName();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php
index 593d0cbf1871400dcfd8c4675493264b5a369073..cc1a4399c9316678619a124fdfad78b25d673a17 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public function testConfigDependencies() {
     $this->drupalGet($url);
     $this->submitForm($instance, 'Save block');
 
-    $dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('content', [$block->getConfigDependencyName()]);
+    $dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities('content', [$block->getConfigDependencyName()]);
     $block_placement = reset($dependencies);
     $this->assertEquals($block_placement_id, $block_placement->id(), "The block placement config entity has a dependency on the block content entity.");
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/src/Functional/Views/FieldUITest.php b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Functional/Views/FieldUITest.php
index f26fbd7caafa5336b2015c15b63c43422215000e..07ab03d177a6b80622e18e6c5776236ee08e0a50 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/tests/src/Functional/Views/FieldUITest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Functional/Views/FieldUITest.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public function testHandlerUI() {
     $this->assertEquals([], $view->field['field_name_0']->options['settings']);
 
     // Ensure that the view depends on the field storage.
-    $dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependents('config', [$this->fieldStorages[0]->getConfigDependencyName()]);
+    $dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependencies('config', [$this->fieldStorages[0]->getConfigDependencyName()]);
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependencies['views.view.test_view_fieldapi']), 'The view is dependent on the field storage.');
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/ModuleTestBase.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/ModuleTestBase.php
index 76904ee56da8157ce425adbea627e8032779bd2c..9917e6333f7578bc4dbc6783492f7ddd91396f30 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/ModuleTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/ModuleTestBase.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public function assertModuleConfig($module) {
     }
     $this->assertNotEmpty($all_names);
 
-    $module_config_dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependents('module', [$module]);
+    $module_config_dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependencies('module', [$module]);
     // Look up each default configuration object name in the active
     // configuration, and if it exists, remove it from the stack.
     $names = $module_file_storage->listAll();
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/UninstallTest.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/UninstallTest.php
index 383f65ace3630527c301ad12d10acf278e60b4bc..00c08000ff1a9aada77357df394e9d1bbb731474 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/UninstallTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Module/UninstallTest.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public function testUninstallPage() {
 
     // Uninstall node testing that the configuration that will be deleted is
     // listed.
-    $node_dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('module', ['node']);
+    $node_dependencies = \Drupal::service('config.manager')->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities('module', ['node']);
     $edit = [];
     $edit['uninstall[node]'] = TRUE;
     $this->drupalGet('admin/modules/uninstall');
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigDependencyTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigDependencyTest.php
index 2221c02a7e4a4aa680f44745ab1228a4774ddc0a..22e610afec236f5dadcb06f41d21122b9a52a131 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigDependencyTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigDependencyTest.php
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ class ConfigDependencyTest extends EntityKernelTestBase {
   public function testNonEntity() {
     $this->installConfig(['system']);
     $config_manager = \Drupal::service('config.manager');
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('module', ['system']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('module', ['system']);
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['system.site']), 'Simple configuration system.site has a UUID key even though it is not a configuration entity and therefore is found when looking for dependencies of the System module.');
     // Ensure that calling
-    // \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigManager::findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities()
+    // \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigManager::findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities()
     // does not try to load system.site as an entity.
-    $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('module', ['system']);
+    $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities('module', ['system']);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
     );
     $entity1->save();
 
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('module', ['node']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('module', ['node']);
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity1']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 has a dependency on the Node module.');
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('module', ['config_test']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('module', ['config_test']);
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity1']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 has a dependency on the config_test module.');
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('module', ['views']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('module', ['views']);
     $this->assertFalse(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity1']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 does not have a dependency on the Views module.');
     // Ensure that the provider of the config entity is not actually written to
     // the dependencies array.
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
     $entity4->save();
 
     // Test getting $entity1's dependencies as configuration dependency objects.
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('config', [$entity1->getConfigDependencyName()]);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('config', [$entity1->getConfigDependencyName()]);
     $this->assertFalse(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity1']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 does not have a dependency on itself.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity2']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 has a dependency on config_test.dynamic.entity1.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity3']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity3 has a dependency on config_test.dynamic.entity1.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity4']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity4 has a dependency on config_test.dynamic.entity1.');
 
     // Test getting $entity2's dependencies as entities.
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('config', [$entity2->getConfigDependencyName()]);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities('config', [$entity2->getConfigDependencyName()]);
     $dependent_ids = $this->getDependentIds($dependents);
     $this->assertNotContains('config_test:entity1', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 does not have a dependency on config_test.dynamic.entity1.');
     $this->assertNotContains('config_test:entity2', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 does not have a dependency on itself.');
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
 
     // Test getting node module's dependencies as configuration dependency
     // objects.
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('module', ['node']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('module', ['node']);
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity1']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 has a dependency on the Node module.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity2']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 has a dependency on the Node module.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity3']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity3 has a dependency on the Node module.');
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
     // no longer depend on node module.
     $entity1->setEnforcedDependencies([])->save();
     $entity3->setEnforcedDependencies(['module' => ['node'], 'config' => [$entity2->getConfigDependencyName()]])->save();
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('module', ['node']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('module', ['node']);
     $this->assertFalse(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity1']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 does not have a dependency on the Node module.');
     $this->assertFalse(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity2']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 does not have a dependency on the Node module.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity3']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity3 has a dependency on the Node module.');
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
     ]);
     $entity_test->save();
     $entity2->setEnforcedDependencies(['config' => [$entity1->getConfigDependencyName()], 'content' => [$entity_test->getConfigDependencyName()]])->save();
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('content', [$entity_test->getConfigDependencyName()]);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependencies('content', [$entity_test->getConfigDependencyName()]);
     $this->assertFalse(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity1']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 does not have a dependency on the content entity.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity2']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 has a dependency on the content entity.');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($dependents['config_test.dynamic.entity3']), 'config_test.dynamic.entity3 has a dependency on the content entity (via entity2).');
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
     $alt_storage->create(['id' => 'entity1', 'dependencies' => ['enforced' => ['config' => [$entity1->getConfigDependencyName()]]]])->save();
     $alt_storage->create(['id' => 'entity2', 'dependencies' => ['enforced' => ['module' => ['views']]]])->save();
 
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('config', [$entity1->getConfigDependencyName()]);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities('config', [$entity1->getConfigDependencyName()]);
     $dependent_ids = $this->getDependentIds($dependents);
     $this->assertNotContains('config_test:entity1', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 does not have a dependency on itself.');
     $this->assertContains('config_test:entity2', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 has a dependency on config_test.dynamic.entity1.');
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
     $this->assertContains('config_query_test:entity1', $dependent_ids, 'config_query_test.dynamic.entity1 has a dependency on config_test.dynamic.entity1.');
     $this->assertNotContains('config_query_test:entity2', $dependent_ids, 'config_query_test.dynamic.entity2 does not have a dependency on config_test.dynamic.entity1.');
 
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('module', ['node', 'views']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities('module', ['node', 'views']);
     $dependent_ids = $this->getDependentIds($dependents);
     $this->assertNotContains('config_test:entity1', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 does not have a dependency on Views or Node.');
     $this->assertNotContains('config_test:entity2', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 does not have a dependency on Views or Node.');
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public function testDependencyManagement() {
     $this->assertNotContains('config_query_test:entity1', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.query.entity1 does not have a dependency on Views or Node.');
     $this->assertContains('config_query_test:entity2', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.query.entity2 has a dependency on Views or Node.');
 
-    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('module', ['config_test']);
+    $dependents = $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities('module', ['config_test']);
     $dependent_ids = $this->getDependentIds($dependents);
     $this->assertContains('config_test:entity1', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity1 has a dependency on config_test module.');
     $this->assertContains('config_test:entity2', $dependent_ids, 'config_test.dynamic.entity2 has a dependency on config_test module.');
@@ -638,6 +638,26 @@ public function testContentEntityDelete() {
     $this->assertTrue(empty($config_entities['unchanged']), 'No dependencies of the content entity will be unchanged.');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @group legacy
+   */
+  public function testFindConfigEntityDependentsDeprecation() {
+    $this->expectDeprecation('ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependents() is deprecated in drupal:9.3.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0. Instead you should use ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependencies(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/3225357');
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigManagerInterface $config_manager */
+    $config_manager = \Drupal::service('config.manager');
+    $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependents('module', ['system']);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @group legacy
+   */
+  public function testFindConfigEntityDependentsAsEntitiesDeprecation() {
+    $this->expectDeprecation('ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities() is deprecated in drupal:9.3.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0. Instead you should use ConfigManagerInterface::findConfigEntityDependenciesAsEntities(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/3225357');
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigManagerInterface $config_manager */
+    $config_manager = \Drupal::service('config.manager');
+    $config_manager->findConfigEntityDependentsAsEntities('module', ['system']);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets a list of identifiers from an array of configuration entities.
    *