accounting

/əˈkauntiŋ/

//əˈkauntiŋ// noun

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The verdict

“accounting” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,924 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,924
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - contabilidade

Key facts for accounting
PropertyValue
Headwordaccounting
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈkauntiŋ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,924
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “accounting” sits in Portuguese 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). accounting lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

accounting is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,924 among 4,352 “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

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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Using “accounting”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /əˈkauntiŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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