accountability
\ə.ˌkaʊn.tə.ˈbɪl.ət.i\
The verdict
“accountability” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Responsabilité, obligation de rendre compte, imputabilité, responsabilisation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-accountability · accountability · French
accountability · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | accountability |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ə.ˌkaʊn.tə.ˈbɪl.ət.i\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
accountability is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ə.ˌkaʊn.tə.ˈbɪl.ət.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for accountability in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is accountability, spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Responsabilité, obligation de rendre compte, imputabilité, responsabilisation.
- 2Comptabilité ; responsabilisation.
- 3Imputabilité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how accountability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the American Democracy. For with primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future.
Synonyms
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.