accredit
/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/verb
accredit is spelled A-C-C-R-E-D-I-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, accredit means “To ascribe; attribute; credit with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in accredit?
| Letters | 8: A-C-C-R-E-D-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is accredit?
Accredit appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 accredit?
- US /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/
- Australia /əˈkɹed.ɪt/
- /əˈkɹed.ət/
Accredit 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: En-us-accredit.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-accredit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with accredit?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as accredit from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdɪt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of accredit
- accredits present, singular, he/she/it
- accrediting participle, present
- accredited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accredit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.
- 2
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises.
- 3
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- 4
To believe; to put trust in.
- 5
To enter on the credit side of an account book.
- 6
To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
The school was an accredited college.
- 7
To recognize as outstanding.
- 8
To credit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accredit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | accréditer |
| German | akkreditieren |
| Portuguese | credenciar |
| Spanish | acreditar , acreditar (por) |
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.