accountant
/əˈkaʊn.tənt/noun
accountant is spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, accountant means “One who renders account; one accountable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of accountant is accountants.
How many letters and syllables are in accountant?
| Letters | 10: A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th 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 accountant?
Accountant appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th 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 accountant?
- US /əˈkaʊn.tənt/
- US [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ]
Accountant has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-accountant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of accountant
- accountants plural
- more accountant comparative
- most accountant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accountant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who renders account; one accountable.
- 2
A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
- 3
One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
- 4
One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
- 5
A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteAccountable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate accountant?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of accountant: acc., acct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accountant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | contador, contadora, contable , tenedor de libros |
| French | comptable , expert-comptable |
| German | Buchhalter, Buchhalterin |
| Portuguese | contador, contabilista |
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.
Where does accountant come from?
From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).