account

[əˈkaʊnt]

/[əˈkaʊnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“account” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,228
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rechnung, Berechnung

Corpus desk

Index DE-account · account · German

account · rank #3,228 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,228
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH absolute

Nearest frequency peer: absolute (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „account“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „account“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

account vs accounts
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for account
PropertyValue
Headwordaccount
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[əˈkaʊnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,228
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „account“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.accountliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „absolute“ (#3,227), „Atmosphäre“ (#3,229), „Absatz“ (#3,226). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „account“ bei #3,228. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around account (IPA [əˈkaʊnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,228 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for account, with forms such as "acconut", "accounnt", and "accountt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "accounts", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is account, spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rechnung, Berechnung
  2. 2
    Konto
  3. 3
    Benutzerkonto
  4. 4
    Buchhaltung
  5. 5
    Erklärung, Bericht
  6. 6
    Auflistung, Liste

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how account appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Yesterday I opened an account with the bank.
  2. You cannot create an account.

Synonyms

descriptionstatementnarrationrecitalrehearsalrelationnarrativechroniclehistorystorydelineationrepresentationportrayaldetailwordtidingsreportrecordregisterinventoryscore

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acconut
  • accounnt
  • accountt
  • accoutn
  • accuont
  • acocunt
  • acount
  • cacount

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of account - 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.

acconut2accounnt1accountt1accoutn2accuont2acocunt2acount1cacount2
Edit distance from "account"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "account"?
"account" is spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [əˈkaʊnt].
What does "account" mean?
As a noun, "account" means: Rechnung, Berechnung
What words are commonly confused with "account"?
"account" is commonly confused with "accounts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "account"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "account" is [əˈkaʊnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "account" come from?
"account" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "account", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

direkte#3,236dritter#3,239Eingang#3,240Tabelle#3,214

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Brust8 variantsIndien8 variantsChemie8 variantsAlbert8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list