How to spell access

hear itac·cess/'æksɛs/verbLong vowels

What it means: To enter or reach a place.

In a sentence: Sally used her key card to access the secret garden.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double c and double s. Often misspelled as acess or acces.

Same family: accessible, accessibility, accessed, accessing, accession. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Access” comes from Latin *accessus*, meaning “a coming to” or “approach,” formed from *ad-* (“to”) and *cedere* (“to go”). Over time, its meaning shifted from physically approaching something to being allowed to enter or use information, places, or services.

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