accommodation

\a.kɔ.mɔ.da.sjɔ̃\

/\a.kɔ.mɔ.da.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“accommodation” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,252 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#67,252
frequency rank, French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’accommoder ou de s’accommoder à quelque chose.

Key facts for accommodation
PropertyValue
Headwordaccommodation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kɔ.mɔ.da.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#67,252
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “accommodation” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). accommodation lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for accommodation is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.kɔ.mɔ.da.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #67,252 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for accommodation, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is accommodation, spelled A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’accommoder ou de s’accommoder à quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Action d’installer convenablement une personne.
  3. 3
    Mécanisme de positionnement naturel du fœtus pour l’accouchement.
  4. 4
    Fait d’adapter un lieu.
  5. 5
    Fait d’arranger des aliments entre eux.
  6. 6
    Formation musicale.
  7. 7
    Dans le domaine de la fatigue des matériaux, désigne un chargement cyclique formant une courbe d'hystérésis, par effet Bauschinger.
  8. 8
    Prêt sans intérêt.
  9. 9
    Fait d’accommoder individuellement les paroles de l’Écriture à sa propre pensée en profitant à cet effet d’une ressemblance réelle ou accidentelle.
  10. 10
    Fait d’accommoder individuellement les paroles de l’Écriture à sa propre pensée en profitant à cet effet d’une ressemblance réelle ou accidentelle.
  11. 11
    Mécanisme réflexe des muscles ciliaires par lequel s’effectue la mise au point du système optique selon les variations de clarté et de distance entre l’objet vu et la rétine en modifiant plus ou moins la courbure du cristallin.
  12. 12
    Adaptation d’un organisme aux modifications de son milieu de vie.
  13. 13
    Modelage psychique inconscient permettant l’adaptation d’un individu à son milieu.
  14. 14
    Changement d’une lettre par rapport à sa voisine pour rendre la prononciation plus fluide.
  15. 15
    Fait d’adapter son langage à son interlocuteur ou interlocutrice.
  16. 16
    Action de s’accorder avec les vibrations du milieu ambiant.

Synonyms

accoutumanceaccommodementajustementarrangementatténuationcompromisconciliationintégrationmodificationrenoncementsoumissiontransformationversatilitéaménagementarrangemententretieninstallationaménagementappropriationarrangementchangementmodificationtransformationaccommodageaccommodementarrangementarrangementassimilationchangementcompromisinterprétationlâchetémensongemodificationtransformationtranspositionutilisationmise au pointacclimatationacclimatementadaptationréactionréponsetransformationvariationversatilitéaccoutumanceplasticitéréceptivitéréglage

Antonyms

âpretédureténon-accommodationobstinationrigiditéviolence

This word in other languages

adjustment(English)acomodación(Español)Anpassung(Deutsch)acomodação(Português)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accommodation"?
"accommodation" is spelled A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kɔ.mɔ.da.sjɔ̃\.
What does "accommodation" mean?
As a noun, "accommodation" means: Action d’accommoder ou de s’accommoder à quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "accommodation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accommodation" is \a.kɔ.mɔ.da.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accommodation" come from?
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Using “accommodation”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.kɔ.mɔ.da.sjɔ̃\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list