accordionist
/əˈkɔɹd.i.ə.nəst/
"accordionist" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accordionist” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Someone who plays the accordion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accordionist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈkɔɹd.i.ə.nəst/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accordionist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
accordionist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈkɔɹd.i.ə.nəst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who plays the accordion.".
accordionist doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From accordion + -ist. The correct English form is accordionist, spelled A-C-C-O-R-D-I-O-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Someone who plays the accordion.
Etymology
From accordion + -ist.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “accordionist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-C-O-R-D-I-O-N-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈkɔɹd.i.ə.nəst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.