again

/[əˈɡɛn]/ adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,370

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

again is anGermanadv. It means: wieder, nochmals, erneut, noch einmal Pronounced [əˈɡɛn]. Often confused with Alan and Amin.

Key facts for again
PropertyValue
Headwordagain
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[əˈɡɛn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,370
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of again in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for again is 5 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [əˈɡɛn]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,370 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "wieder, nochmals, erneut, noch einmal".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for again, with forms such as "aagin", "againn", and "agani". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Alan", "Amin", "agil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is again, spelled A-G-A-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    wieder, nochmals, erneut, noch einmal

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aagin,againn,agani,aggain,agian,gaain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for again

Misspelling Variants of "again"

aagin5againn6agani5aggain6agian5gaain5
Misspelling Variants of "again"

Frequency rank: #11,370 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "again"?
"again" is spelled A-G-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [əˈɡɛn].
What does "again" mean?
As an adv, "again" means: wieder, nochmals, erneut, noch einmal
What words are commonly confused with "again"?
"again" is commonly confused with "Alan", "Amin", "agil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "again"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "again" is [əˈɡɛn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "again" come from?
"again" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.