accrual
/əˈkɹuːəl/noun
accrual is spelled A-C-C-R-U-A-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, accrual means “The act or process of accruing; accumulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of accrual is accruals.
How many letters and syllables are in accrual?
| Letters | 7: A-C-C-R-U-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,954th 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 accrual?
Accrual appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th 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 accrual?
- /əˈkɹuːəl/
Accrual 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-accrual.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of accrual
- accruals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accrual mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of accruing; accumulation.
- 2
An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
- 3
from the creditor's viewpoint, a receivable incurred in one fiscal year, but paid during another.
- 4
from the debtor's viewpoint, a debt incurred in one fiscal year, but paid during another.
- 5
Recruitment (of participants) to a clinical trial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accrual in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an increase:
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 accrual come from?
From accrue + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).