the.com/accommodation
The word that proves even spelling has to make room for extra letters.
means A space, arrangement, or compromise made to fit someone's needs — whether it's a hotel room or just meeting someone halfway.
from From Latin 'accommodare' — 'ad-' (to) plus 'commodare' (to make fit, to oblige), itself from 'commodus' (fitting, convenient, suitable). The same root gives us 'commodity' and 'commodious.' The double-c and double-m that trip up spellers today are simply fossils of that original Latin prefix-plus-root collision — the word has literally always been about things squeezing together to fit.
- double trouble
- Two c's, two m's — most misspelled word in English
- eye flex
- Also means your eye lens refocusing on distance
- legal sense
- In law, means a reasonable adjustment for disability
- shared root
- Cousin of commodity and commodious, all about fitting well