Agora

[aɡoˈʁaː]

/[aɡoˈʁaː]/ noun

The verdict

“Agora” is uncommon German (frequency #52,632 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,632
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemeindezentrum im alten Griechenland, griechischer Markt, griechische Volksversammlung, Marktplatz in der Antike

Corpus desk

Index DE-agora · Agora · German

Agora · rank #52,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,632
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH AFC

Nearest frequency peer: AFC (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Agora“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Agora“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Agora
PropertyValue
HeadwordAgora
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɡoˈʁaː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Agora“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Agorafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „AFC“ (#52,631), „ahnten“ (#52,633), „advance“ (#52,630). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Agora“ bei #52,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Agora is uncommon German at frequency #52,632 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɡoˈʁaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gemeindezentrum im alten Griechenland, griechischer Markt, griechische Volksversammlung, Marktplatz in der Antike".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Agora, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Agora, spelled A-G-O-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gemeindezentrum im alten Griechenland, griechischer Markt, griechische Volksversammlung, Marktplatz in der Antike

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Agora stellt einen bedeutenden Schritt in der Entwicklung der antiken Demokratie dar.
  2. „Die Vororte waren die Agora, wo die Erziehung zur Ungebührlichkeit erblühte.“

This word in other languages

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 "Agora"?
"Agora" is spelled A-G-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aɡoˈʁaː].
What does "Agora" mean?
As a noun, "Agora" means: Gemeindezentrum im alten Griechenland, griechischer Markt, griechische Volksversammlung, Marktplatz in der Antike
How do you pronounce "Agora"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Agora" is [aɡoˈʁaː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Agora" come from?
"Agora" 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 "Agora", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list