agil

[aˈɡiːl]

/[aˈɡiːl]/ adj

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The verdict

“agil” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,992) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#42,992
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große körperliche oder geistige Beweglichkeit zeigend; aktiv auf Veränderungen reagierend

Corpus desk

Index DE-agil · agil · German

agil · rank #42,992 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,992
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aggregat

Nearest frequency peer: Aggregat (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „agil“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „agil“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

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).

agil vs AI
0% similar
agil vs air
50% similar
agil vs Ali
25% similar

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

Key facts for agil
PropertyValue
Headwordagil
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aˈɡiːl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#42,992
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „agil“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).agilliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Aggregat“ (#42,991), „Airbags“ (#42,993), „Adelaide“ (#42,990). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „agil“ bei #42,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for agil is neighbouring look-alikes ("AI", "air", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [aˈɡiːl]. Frequency #42,992 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "große körperliche oder geistige Beweglichkeit zeigend; aktiv auf Veränderungen reagierend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for agil, with forms such as "aggil", "agill", and "agli". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AI", "air", "Ali", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 agil, spelled A-G-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    große körperliche oder geistige Beweglichkeit zeigend; aktiv auf Veränderungen reagierend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Für ihre 95 Jahre ist Oma Irmgard noch sehr agil.
  2. „Der Großvater war damals allerdings schon 85 Jahre alt, war aber noch agil und fuhr gelegentlich sogar noch Fahrrad; die Großmutter war zu der Zeit 68 Jahre alt und gab noch Schreibmaschinenstunden.“

This word in other languages

agile(English)ágil(Español)agile(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggil
  • agill
  • agli
  • aigl

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agil - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aggil1agill1agli2aigl2
Edit distance from "agil"

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 "agil"?
"agil" is spelled A-G-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈɡiːl].
What does "agil" mean?
As an adjective, "agil" means: große körperliche oder geistige Beweglichkeit zeigend; aktiv auf Veränderungen reagierend
What words are commonly confused with "agil"?
"agil" is commonly confused with "AI", "air", "Ali". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agil" is [aˈɡiːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agil" come from?
"agil" 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 "agil", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Avon#43,036baff#43,039Vene#42,901Vati#42,900

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list