Dictionary of English - accessory or accessary

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Accessory is the normal spelling of the word to mean something extra or additional: The vacuum cleaner had several accessory parts. In the legal sense, however, the spelling accessary is sometimes found: She was charged with being an accessary to the crime (she had taken a part in it). In the USA, accessory is the spelling for both senses.

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