accommodation
/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
"accommodation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accommodation” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,430 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,430
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
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 | accommodation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #6,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accommodation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for accommodation is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,430 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for accommodation, with forms such as "accmomodation", "accommdoation", and "accommoadtion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "accommodations", "accommodating", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French accommodation, from Latin accommodātiō (“adjustment, accommodation, compliance”), from accommodō (“adapt, put in order”). Superficially accommodate + -ion. The sense of "lodging" was first attested in 1600. The correct English form is accommodation, spelled A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
- 2Adaptation or adjustment.
- 3Adaptation or adjustment.
- 4Adaptation or adjustment.
- 5Adaptation or adjustment.
- 6Adaptation or adjustment.
- 7Adaptation or adjustment.
- 8Adaptation or adjustment.
- 9Adaptation or adjustment.
- 10Adaptation or adjustment.
- 11Adaptation or adjustment.
- 12Adaptation or adjustment.
- 13The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- 14Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
Etymology
From French accommodation, from Latin accommodātiō (“adjustment, accommodation, compliance”), from accommodō (“adapt, put in order”). Superficially accommodate + -ion. The sense of "lodging" was first attested in 1600.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accmomodation,accommdoation,accommoadtion,accommodaiton,accommodasion,accommodatino,accommodationn,accommodatoin,accommodattion,accommoddation,accommodtaion,accomodation,accomomdation,acocmmodation,acommodation,cacommodation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accommodation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “accommodation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “accommodations” - see the side-by-side comparison. accommodation vs accommodations
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.