accounting

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The verdict

“accounting” is uncommon German (frequency #53,436 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,436
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs account

Key facts for accounting
PropertyValue
Headwordaccounting
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,436
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “accounting” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). accounting lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

accounting is uncommon German at frequency #53,436 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs account".

accounting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is accounting, spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs 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 "accounting"?
"accounting" is spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "accounting" mean?
As a verb, "accounting" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs account
How do you pronounce "accounting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accounting" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accounting" come from?
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Using “accounting”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list