# accomplish

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ · frequency rank #6,538

## Definitions
1. To finish successfully.
2. To complete, as time or distance.
3. To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
4. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
5. To gain; to obtain.
6. To fill out a form.

## Etymology
From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete).
First attested in the late 14th century.

## Easily confused with
- **accomplished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accomplish-vs-accomplished)
- **accomplice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accomplice-vs-accomplish)

## Common misspellings (14)
`accmoplish`, `accomlpish`, `accommplish`, `accompilsh`, `accomplihs`, `accomplishh`, `accomplissh`, `accompllish`, `accomplsih`, `accompplish`, `accopmlish`, `acocmplish`, `acomplish`, `cacomplish`

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