How to spell account

hear itac·count/ə'kaʊnt/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: An arrangement with a bank to keep your money safe.

In a sentence: Mom opened a new bank account for me today.

The part people get wrong

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

Same family: accounts, accounting, accountant, accountable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Account” comes from Old French and Latin roots meaning “to count” or “to reckon.” It originally referred to a detailed report of numbers, which is why it still relates to bills, invoices, and bookkeeping today.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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