accounting
/əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/noun, verb
accounting is spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,365th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, accounting means “The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of accounting is accountings.
How many letters and syllables are in accounting?
| Letters | 10: A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,365th 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 accounting?
Accounting appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,365th 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 accounting?
- /əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/
Accounting 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-accounting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of accounting
- accountings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accounting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
- 2
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.
- 3
An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
In contrast, an accounting for profits, or accounting– a distinct form of relief that the majority groups with disgorgement – has a well-accepted definition: It compels a defendant to account for, and repay to a plaintiff, those profits tha
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of account
For quotations using this term, see Citations:accounting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate accounting?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of accounting: acc., acctg..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accounting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial tran:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | comptabilité |
| German | Buchhaltung |
| Portuguese | contabilidade |
| Spanish | contabilidad |
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.