agents

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The verdict

“agents” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,776
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs agent

Corpus desk

Index DE-agents · agents · German

agents · rank #36,776 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,776
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH adelige

Nearest frequency peer: adelige (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „agents“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „agents“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

agents vs ages
67% similar
agents vs Agnes
50% similar
agents vs Agentur
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for agents
PropertyValue
Headwordagents
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,776
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „agents“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.agentsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „adelige“ (#36,775), „Agitation“ (#36,777), „addieren“ (#36,774). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „agents“ bei #36,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around agents (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,776 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs agent".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for agents, with forms such as "aegnts", "agennts", and "agenst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ages", "Agnes", "Agentur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is agents, spelled A-G-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs agent

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aegnts
  • agennts
  • agenst
  • agentss
  • agentts
  • agetns
  • aggents
  • agnets
  • gaents

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agents - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aegnts2agennts1agenst2agentss1agentts1agetns2aggents1agnets2
Edit distance from "agents"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agents"?
"agents" is spelled A-G-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "agents" mean?
As a noun, "agents" means: Plural des Substantivs agent
What words are commonly confused with "agents"?
"agents" is commonly confused with "ages", "Agnes", "Agentur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agents" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agents" come from?
"agents" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agents", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list