Agentur

[aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯]

/[aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Agentur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,246
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Büro, das Vermittlungsdienstleistungen erbringt oder die Interessenvertretung für seine Kunden übernimmt

Corpus desk

Index DE-agentur · Agentur · German

Agentur · rank #4,246 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,246
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abkommen

Nearest frequency peer: abkommen (-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 „Agentur“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Agentur“ 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).

Agentur vs Agenturen
78% similar
Agentur vs agent
57% similar
Agentur vs agents
57% similar

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

Key facts for Agentur
PropertyValue
HeadwordAgentur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,246
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Agentur“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Agenturliegt 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: „abkommen“ (#4,245), „Andrea“ (#4,247), „übernahm“ (#4,244). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Agentur“ bei #4,246. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Agentur (IPA [aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,246 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Agentur, with forms such as "aegntur", "agenntur", and "agentru". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Agenturen", "agent", "agents", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Agentur, spelled A-G-E-N-T-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Büro, das Vermittlungsdienstleistungen erbringt oder die Interessenvertretung für seine Kunden übernimmt
  2. 2
    Nachrichten- oder Presseagentur
  3. 3
    Bundesanstalt oder eine ihrer Filialen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Agentur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Draußen auf der Straße ging der Buchbinder vorüber, der neben seinem Geschäft im Dorf auch die Agentur der Lebens- und Feuerversicherung führte.“
  2. „Vor Weihnachten hatte ich jemanden besorgt, der für mich bei den Agenturen einsprang, und hatte Hadley geschrieben, sie solle kommen, dann könnten wir über die Feiertage zusammen Ski laufen.“

This word in other languages

agency(English)agencia(Español)agence(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aegntur
  • agenntur
  • agentru
  • agenttur
  • agenturr
  • agenutr
  • agetnur
  • aggentur
  • agnetur
  • gaentur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aegntur2agenntur1agentru2agenttur1agenturr1agenutr2agetnur2aggentur1
Edit distance from "Agentur"

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 "Agentur"?
"Agentur" is spelled A-G-E-N-T-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯].
What does "Agentur" mean?
As a noun, "Agentur" means: Büro, das Vermittlungsdienstleistungen erbringt oder die Interessenvertretung für seine Kunden übernimmt
What words are commonly confused with "Agentur"?
"Agentur" is commonly confused with "Agenturen", "agent", "agents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Agentur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Agentur" is [aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Agentur" come from?
"Agentur" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

content#4,256träumen#4,235spreche#4,231Ehemann#4,262

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

abkommen10 variantsExperte10 variantsMuslime10 variantsgenannte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list