accessit
"accessit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accessit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An honorable mention in an academic contest.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accessit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accessit” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
accessit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for accessit in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin accessit (“he came near”), from accēdō (“approach”). The correct English form is accessit, spelled A-C-C-E-S-S-I-T.
Definition
- 1An honorable mention in an academic contest.
- 2A vote in the election of a pope.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin accessit (“he came near”), from accēdō (“approach”).
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.
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Using “accessit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-C-E-S-S-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.