account

/əˈkaʊnt/

//əˈkaʊnt// noun

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"account" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“account” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#616
frequency rank, English
35,202
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

Corpus desk

Index EN-account · account · English

account · rank #616 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #616
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 35,202
  • PHOTO-FINISH you'll

Nearest frequency peer: you'll (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “account”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “account” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

account vs amount
71% similar
account vs accounts
88% similar
account vs accounted
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for account
PropertyValue
Headwordaccount
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈkaʊnt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#616
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “account” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). account lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around account (IPA /əˈkaʊnt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #616 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for account, with forms such as "acconut", "accounnt", and "accountt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "amount", "accounts", "accounted", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-Europ… The correct English form is account, spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
  2. 2
    A bank account.
  3. 3
    A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
  4. 4
    A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
  5. 5
    A record of events; a relation or narrative.
  6. 6
    An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
  7. 7
    Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
  8. 8
    Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
  9. 9
    A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
  10. 10
    Profit; advantage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how account appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The firm failed to file its accounts on time.
  2. The money was refunded to her account.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Old French conter Old French aconter Anglo-Norman acuntebor. Middle English acounte English account From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).

This word in other languages

cuenta(Español)compte(Français)Konto(Deutsch)conta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acconut
  • accounnt
  • accountt
  • accoutn
  • accuont
  • acocunt
  • acount
  • cacount

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of account - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acconut2accounnt1accountt1accoutn2accuont2acocunt2acount1cacount2
Edit distance from "account"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "account"?
"account" is spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈkaʊnt/.
What does "account" mean?
As a noun, "account" means: A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
What words are commonly confused with "account"?
"account" is commonly confused with "amount", "accounts", "accounted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "account"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "account" is /əˈkaʊnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "account"?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "account", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list