# accompaniment

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/ · frequency rank #21,714

## Definitions
1. A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
2. That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

## Etymology
From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744.

## Common misspellings (18)
`accmopaniment`, `accomapniment`, `accommpaniment`, `accompainment`, `accompaniemnt`, `accompanimennt`, `accompanimentt`, `accompanimetn`, `accompanimment`, `accompanimnet`, `accompanmient`, `accompanniment`, `accompnaiment`, `accomppaniment`, `accopmaniment`, `acocmpaniment`, `acompaniment`, `cacompaniment`

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