on account of
"on-account-of" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“on account of” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
Corpus desk
Index EN-on-account-of · on account of · English
on account of · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | on account of |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “on account of” in English
Rare enough to double-check
on account of is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for on account of in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is on account of, spelled O-N- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T- -O-F.
Definition
- 1On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
- 2Because of, due to, owing to.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how on account of appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of Three Millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants (or Cohong), who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty.
The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.