accredited
/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt.əd/
"accredited" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accredited” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #10,974 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #10,974
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of accredit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accredited |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt.əd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accredited” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for accredited is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt.əd/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,974 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of accredit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for accredited, with forms such as "accerdited", "accrdeited", and "accreddited". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: * accredit + -ed * From the French accréditer. * See credit. The correct English form is accredited, spelled A-C-C-R-E-D-I-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of accredit
Etymology
* accredit + -ed * From the French accréditer. * See credit.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accerdited,accrdeited,accreddited,accredietd,accreditde,accreditedd,accreditted,accredtied,accreidted,accrredited,acrcedited,acredited,cacredited
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accredited - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “accredited”
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-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt.əd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.