accrue
[ə.ˈkɹu]
The verdict
“accrue” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Zuwendung oder Geldbeträge über einen Zeitraum beziehen; auflaufen, anwachsen, ansammeln, anhäufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-accrue · accrue · German
accrue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accrue |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ə.ˈkɹu] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „accrue“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
accrue is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ə.ˈkɹu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Zuwendung oder Geldbeträge über einen Zeitraum beziehen; auflaufen, anwachsen, ansammeln, anhäufen".
accrue has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is accrue, spelled A-C-C-R-U-E.
Definition
- 1eine Zuwendung oder Geldbeträge über einen Zeitraum beziehen; auflaufen, anwachsen, ansammeln, anhäufen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.