Which to use
“accounted” is a verb and “accounts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,278
- “accounted” frequency rank
- #1,885
- “accounts” frequency rank
- 11163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accounted | accounts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of account | plural of account |
Where the eye mixes accounted and accounts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accounted runs 9 letters (VCCVVCCVC) against accounts's 8 (VCCVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accounted and accounts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accounted is /əˈkaʊntɪd/ while accounts is /əˈkaʊnts/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accounted is recorded at frequency rank #9,278, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈkaʊntɪd/. accounts is at rank #1,885, tagged as anoun, pronounced /əˈkaʊnts/.
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 11163, this pair ranks #488,564 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accounted vs accounts
Shared letters: acnotu. Private to "accounted": de. Private to "accounts": s.
"accounted" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC · "accounts" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accounted" and "accounts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accounted" vs "accounts" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "accounted" and "accounts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accounted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accounts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #488,564 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accounted" and "accounts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accosted vs accounted". 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 #488,564 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.