Which to use
“accommodating” is an adjective and “accommodation” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,825
- “accommodating” frequency rank
- #6,430
- “accommodation” frequency rank
- 27255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accommodating | accommodation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful. | Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc. |
Where the eye mixes accommodating and accommodation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses accommodating with accommodation
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accommodating is /əˈkɒm.əˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/ while accommodation is /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accommodating is recorded at frequency rank #20,825, classified as anadj, pronounced /əˈkɒm.əˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/. accommodation is at rank #6,430, tagged as anoun, pronounced /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/.
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 27255, this pair ranks #380,371 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accommodating vs accommodation
Shared letters: acdimnot. Private to "accommodating": g. Private to "accommodation": -.
"accommodating" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVCC · "accommodation" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accommodating ← accmomodating · accommdoating · accommoadting · accommodaitng · accommodatign · accommodatingg · accommodatinng · accommodatnig
- accommodation ← accmomodation · accommdoation · accommoadtion · accommodaiton · accommodasion · accommodatino · accommodationn · accommodatoin
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "accommodating" and "accommodation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accommodating" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accommodation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,371 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accommodating" and "accommodation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accommodating vs accommodations". 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 #380,371 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.