# acclaim

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈkleɪm/ · frequency rank #19,749

## Definitions
1. To shout; to call out.
2. To express great approval (for).
3. To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
4. To claim.
5. To declare by acclamations.
6. To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.

## Etymology
* First attested in the early 14th century.
* (to applaud): First attested in the 1630s.
* Borrowed from Latin acclāmō (“raise a cry at; applaud”), formed from ad- + clāmō (“cry out, shout”).

## Easily confused with
- **acclaimed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acclaim-vs-acclaimed)

## Common misspellings (8)
`accalim`, `acclaimm`, `acclami`, `accliam`, `accllaim`, `aclaim`, `aclcaim`, `caclaim`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/acclaim