# accurate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/ · frequency rank #2,606

## Definitions
1. Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
3. On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
4. Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
5. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

## Etymology
First attested in the 1610's with the now obsolete sense "done with care", and from the 1650's with the sense "precise, exact".
Borrowed from Latin accūrātus (“done with care”), perfect passive participle of accūrō (“take care of”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“take care”), from cūra (“care”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Compare English cure.

## Easily confused with
- **accurately** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accurate-vs-accurately)
- **accuracy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accuracy-vs-accurate)

## Common misspellings (9)
`accruate`, `accuarte`, `accuraet`, `accuratte`, `accurrate`, `accurtae`, `acucrate`, `acurate`, `cacurate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/accurate