Agraphie

[aɡʁaˈfiː]

/[aɡʁaˈfiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Agraphie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verlust der zuvor vorhandenen Fähigkeit zu schreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-agraphie · Agraphie · German

Agraphie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Agraphie
PropertyValue
HeadwordAgraphie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɡʁaˈfiː]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Agraphie“ im Deutschen

Agraphieschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Agraphie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɡʁaˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verlust der zuvor vorhandenen Fähigkeit zu schreiben".

No misspelling variants are generated for Agraphie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Agraphie, spelled A-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verlust der zuvor vorhandenen Fähigkeit zu schreiben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Neurologen nennen es Alexie ohne Agraphie und meinen damit, dass Engel zwar noch schreiben, aber nicht lesen konnte: Schriftblindheit.“
  2. „Eine Agraphie bedeutet zumeist den Verlust des Schreibvermögens des Patienten, obwohl dessen Intelligenz und Intellekt bei Hirnschädigungen beispielsweise in Folge eines Schlaganfalles nicht beeinträchtigt sind. “

Antonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Agraphie"?
"Agraphie" is spelled A-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aɡʁaˈfiː].
What does "Agraphie" mean?
As a noun, "Agraphie" means: Verlust der zuvor vorhandenen Fähigkeit zu schreiben
How do you pronounce "Agraphie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Agraphie" is [aɡʁaˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Agraphie" come from?
"Agraphie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list