accredit
/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/
"accredit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accredit” is an uncommon English word, ranked #82,021 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #82,021
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accredit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accredit” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for accredit is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #82,021 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for accredit, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: * First attested in the 1610s. * From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”). * See credit. The correct English form is accredit, spelled A-C-C-R-E-D-I-T.
Definition
- 1To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
- 2To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
- 3To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- 4To believe; to put trust in.
- 5To enter on the credit side of an account book.
- 6To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
- 7To recognize as outstanding.
- 8To credit.
Etymology
* First attested in the 1610s. * From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”). * See credit.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “accredit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-C-R-E-D-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ (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.