How to spell according

hear itac·cord·ing/ə'kɔrdɪŋ/prepositionLong vowels

What it means: As stated by or shown in.

In a sentence: According to the map, the treasure is buried near the big tree.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double c, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as acording or accordeing.

Same family: accord, accorded, accordingly, according to, agreement. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: According comes from the Old French word "acorder," meaning "to agree" or "to be in harmony." The modern phrase "according to" keeps that idea of agreement, showing that what follows matches what someone says or reports.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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