accident
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/
"accident" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accident” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,979
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-accident · accident · English
accident · rank #1,979 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,979
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH zone
Nearest frequency peer: zone (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “accident”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- willing
willing
98,025 corpus weight
- windows
windows
98,024 corpus weight
- zone
zone
98,023 corpus weight
- accident
accident
98,022 corpus weight
- advanced
advanced
98,021 corpus weight
- alternative
alternative
98,020 corpus weight
What this shows “accident” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accident |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “accident”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around accident (IPA /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,979 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for accident, with forms such as "accdient", "acciddent", and "accidennt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ancient", "accidental", "accidently", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-der. Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin accidō Latin accidēns Old French accidentbor. Middle English accident English accident First attested in… The correct English form is accident, spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
- 2An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
- 3A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)
- 4Any chance event.
- 5Chance; random chance.
- 6Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
- 7Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
- 8An instance of incontinence.
- 9An instance of incontinence.
- 10An unintended pregnancy.
- 11An unintended pregnancy.
- 12An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
- 13A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
- 14A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how accident appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to die by an accident such as an act of God
Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, / Of moving accidents by flood and field[…]
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-der. Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin accidō Latin accidēns Old French accidentbor. Middle English accident English accident First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accident, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case. In the sense “unintended pregnancy”, first attested in 1932.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accdient
- acciddent
- accidennt
- accidentt
- accidetn
- accidnet
- acciednt
- acicdent
- acident
- cacident
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accident - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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