Accommodations

How to spell accommodations

14 letters · 5 syllables

33 of the 57 people asked to spell accommodations in Spelling Garden got it wrong the first time.

The most common mistake is accomodations. The letters people get wrong are highlighted.

accomodations accommodations

What people typed instead

• accomodations30 people

How to pronounce accommodations

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does accommodations mean?

1. nounRooms, buildings, or other places provided for people to live, stay, or sleep in.
2. nounAdjustments or arrangements made to meet someone's particular needs or requirements.

Accommodations in a sentence

• The conference fee covers travel and accommodations for three nights.

• The employer agreed to reasonable accommodations for staff with disabilities.

• The resort offers family accommodations with kitchens and balconies.

• The exam board granted special accommodations to candidates who requested extra time.

Where does accommodations come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word descends from the Latin verb accommodare, which meant 'to fit one thing to another' or 'to make suitable', built from the prefix ad- (here softened to ac- before the c, meaning 'to') joined to commodare 'to make fit', itself from commodus 'suitable, convenient'. At the heart of it lies the root modus, meaning 'measure' or 'proportion', the same element that gives us 'mode', 'model', and 'moderate'. English adopted the verb 'accommodate' in the sixteenth century with the sense of adapting or fitting things together, and the noun then grew to cover anything provided to make a person comfortable, especially lodging. The notorious spelling trap, the doubled c and the doubled m, is a direct fossil of the Latin assembly: the ac- prefix doubled its consonant against commodare, and the original com- already carried its own double m. Remembering that two separate Latin pieces each contributed a doubled letter is the surest way to keep both pairs in place.

How the word is built

• ac- (to)
• com- (with)
• mod (measure/fit)
• -ate (verb)
• -ion (noun)
• -s (plural)

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