agile

/[aˈɡiːlə]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,987

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

agile is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil Pronounced [aˈɡiːlə]. Often confused with ale and alle.

Key facts for agile
PropertyValue
Headwordagile
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[aˈɡiːlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,987
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for agile is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈɡiːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,987 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for agile, with forms such as "aggile", "agiel", and "agille". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "ale", "alle", "Arie", 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 agile, spelled A-G-I-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aggile,agiel,agille,aglie,aigle,gaile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agile

Misspelling Variants of "agile"

aggile6agiel5agille6aglie5aigle5gaile5
Misspelling Variants of "agile"

Frequency rank: #28,987 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agile"?
"agile" is spelled A-G-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈɡiːlə].
What does "agile" mean?
As an adj, "agile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil
What words are commonly confused with "agile"?
"agile" is commonly confused with "ale", "alle", "Arie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agile" is [aˈɡiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agile" come from?
"agile" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.