accompanying
/əˈkʌm.p(ə.)ni.ɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
accompanying is spelled A-C-C-O-M-P-A-N-Y-I-N-G: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, accompanying means “Present together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in accompanying?
| Letters | 12: A-C-C-O-M-P-A-N-Y-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is accompanying?
Accompanying appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce accompanying?
- UK /əˈkʌm.p(ə.)ni.ɪŋ/
Accompanying has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-accompanying2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of accompanying
- more accompanying comparative
- most accompanying superlative
- accompanyings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accompanying mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Present together.
noun
- 1
That which accompanies; accompaniment.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of accompany
For quotations using this term, see Citations:accompanying.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accompanying in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense present together:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | acompanhante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.