agency

/[eɪdʒənsɪ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,116

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

agency is aGermannoun. It means: Vertretung, Agentur, Büro, Dienststelle, Stellvertretung Pronounced [eɪdʒənsɪ]. Often confused with agent and Agenda.

Key facts for agency
PropertyValue
Headwordagency
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eɪdʒənsɪ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,116
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for agency is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eɪdʒənsɪ]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,116 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for agency, with forms such as "aegncy", "agecny", and "agenccy". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "agent", "Agenda", "agents", 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 agency, spelled A-G-E-N-C-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vertretung, Agentur, Büro, Dienststelle, Stellvertretung
  2. 2
    Effekt, Wirkung
  3. 3
    Behörde, Amt

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aegncy,agecny,agenccy,agencyy,agenncy,agenyc,aggency,agnecy,gaency

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agency

Misspelling Variants of "agency"

aegncy6agecny6agenccy7agencyy7agenncy7agenyc6aggency7agnecy6
Misspelling Variants of "agency"

Frequency rank: #19,116 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agency"?
"agency" is spelled A-G-E-N-C-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [eɪdʒənsɪ].
What does "agency" mean?
As a noun, "agency" means: Vertretung, Agentur, Büro, Dienststelle, Stellvertretung
What words are commonly confused with "agency"?
"agency" is commonly confused with "agent", "Agenda", "agents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agency"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agency" is [eɪdʒənsɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agency" come from?
"agency" 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.