Which to use
“accommodating” is an adjective and “accommodations” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,825
- “accommodating” frequency rank
- #15,318
- “accommodations” frequency rank
- 36143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accommodating | accommodations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful. | accommodation, lodging |
Letter map: accommodating vs accommodations
Shared letters muted; letters that set accommodating and accommodations apart highlighted. Shared run: 12.
Grammar separator: accommodating vs accommodations
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: accommodating is anadjective and accommodationsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36143, 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/. accommodations is at rank #15,318, tagged as anoun.
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 36143, this pair ranks #305,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accommodating vs accommodations
Shared letters: acdimnot. Private to "accommodating": g. Private to "accommodations": s.
"accommodating" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVCC · "accommodations" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accommodating ← accmomodating · accommdoating · accommoadting · accommodaitng · accommodatign · accommodatingg · accommodatinng · accommodatnig
- accommodations ← accmomodations · accommdoations · accommoadtions · accommodaitons · accommodatinos · accommodationns · accommodationss · accommodatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "accommodating" and "accommodations".
- Full dictionary entry for "accommodating" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accommodations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accommodating" and "accommodations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accommodating vs accommodation". 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 #305,798 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.