accounting

/əˈkauntiŋ/

//əˈkauntiŋ// noun

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The verdict

“accounting” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,924 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,924
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contabilidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-accounting · accounting · Portuguese

accounting · rank #80,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,924
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH Acker

Nearest frequency peer: Acker (+1 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “accounting”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “accounting” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for accounting
PropertyValue
Headwordaccounting
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈkauntiŋ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,924
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “accounting” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).accountingcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Acker” (#80,925), “adestrado” (#80,927), “abreviadamente” (#80,920). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “accounting” fica em #80,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

accounting is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,924 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈkauntiŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "contabilidade".

No generated misspelling entries exist for accounting in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is accounting, spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    contabilidade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how accounting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. financial accounting

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accounting"?
"accounting" is spelled A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈkauntiŋ/.
What does "accounting" mean?
As a noun, "accounting" means: contabilidade
How do you pronounce "accounting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accounting" is /əˈkauntiŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accounting" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "accounting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alambiques#80,945arquitetar#80,979desanuviar#81,146fogueteiro#81,277

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list