Understanding Dictionary Order

To arrange words in the order they would appear in an English dictionary, we compare them letter by letter starting from the beginning. We move to the next letter only when two words have the same letter at the current position.

Let's look at the given words and their numbers:

• 1. Accompany
• 2. Accident
• 3. Accuracy
• 4. Acclaimed
• 5. Accepted
• 6. Accessary

All the words begin with the letters "Ac". Let's compare the letters that follow "Ac":

• Accompany: c
• Accident: c
• Accuracy: c
• Acclaimed: l
• Accepted: c
• Accessary: c

The words starting with "Acc" will come before the word starting with "Acl" (since 'c' comes before 'l'). So, word 4 (Acclaimed) will appear later in the sequence than words 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6.

Now, let's order the words that start with "Acc" (1, 2, 3, 5, 6):

• 1. Accompany
• 2. Accident
• 3. Accuracy
• 5. Accepted
• 6. Accessary

Let's look at the fourth letter for these words:

• Accompany (1)
• Accident (2)
• Accuracy (3)
• Accepted (5)
• Accessary (6)

Arranging these fourth letters alphabetically (e, i, o, u), the words would group as follows:

1. Words starting with "Acce" (5, 6)
2. Words starting with "Acci" (2)
3. Words starting with "Acco" (1)
4. Words starting with "Accu" (3)

Now let's order the words within the first group ("Acce"):

• Accepted (5)
• Accessary (6)

Both start with "Acce". Let's compare the fifth letter:

• Accepted (5)
• Accessary (6)

Since 'p' comes before 's' in the alphabet, "Accepted" comes before "Accessary". So, the order for this group is 5, 6.

Now, let's arrange all the words based on the alphabetical order of their first differing letters ("Acce", "Acci", "Accl", "Acco", "Accu"). The order of these prefixes is "Acce", "Acci", "Accl", "Acco", "Accu".

Combining the words based on this order:

1. Words starting with "Acce": Accepted (5), Accessary (6) → Order: 5, 6
2. Words starting with "Acci": Accident (2) → Order: 2
3. Words starting with "Accl": Acclaimed (4) → Order: 4
4. Words starting with "Acco": Accompany (1) → Order: 1
5. Words starting with "Accu": Accuracy (3) → Order: 3

Putting these ordered groups together gives us the final dictionary order:

5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 3

This sequence corresponds to option 3.

Let's verify this order by listing the words:

• 5. Accepted
• 6. Accessary
• 2. Accident
• 4. Acclaimed
• 1. Accompany
• 3. Accuracy

Comparing letter by letter:

Based on comparing the letters where the words first differ systematically according to the logic yielding the provided option:

We compare the prefixes: Acce (from 5, 6), Acci (from 2), Accl (from 4), Acco (from 1), Accu (from 3).

Alphabetical order of these prefixes:

• Acce
• Acci
• Accl
• Acco
• Accu

This confirms the order derived: Acce (5, 6 ordered as 5 then 6), Acci (2), Accl (4), Acco (1), Accu (3).

Combining these, we get the sequence: 5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 3.

Revision Table: Alphabetical Ordering

Additional Information: Dictionary Sorting Rules

Dictionary order, also known as lexicographical order, follows simple rules:

• Compare the first letter of each word. Words are sorted based on the alphabetical order of the first letter.
• If the first letters are the same, compare the second letter, and so on.
• Continue comparing letters position by position until the words differ. The word with the letter that comes earlier in the alphabet at the first point of difference is placed earlier in the dictionary.
• If one word is shorter than another and is a prefix of the longer word (e.g., "cat" and "catalog"), the shorter word comes first.

Applying these rules carefully helps in correctly arranging words in dictionary order.