# accordion

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈkɔ(ɹ).diˌən/ · frequency rank #25,649

## Definitions
1. A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).
2. A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
3. Something, or set of things (concepts, etc), which can be expanded (or extended) and collapsed, like the musical instrument's pleated, folding bellows.

## Etymology
First attested in 1831. From German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord.

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

## Common misspellings (11)
`accodrion`, `accorddion`, `accordino`, `accordionn`, `accordoin`, `accoridon`, `accorrdion`, `accrodion`, `acocrdion`, `acordion`, `cacordion`

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