again vs agri, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“again” is an adverb and “agri” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#189
“again” frequency rank: #33,111
“agri” frequency rank: 33300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	again	agri
Definition	Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.	Abbreviation of agriculture.

Letter map: again vs agri

Shared letters muted; letters that set again and agri apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

again

4 ch

agri

Grammar separator: again vs agri

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: again is anadverb and agrianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

again is recorded at frequency rank #189, classified as anadv, pronounced /əˈɡɛn/. agri is at rank #33,111, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 33300, this pair ranks #330,676 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of again vs agri

Shared letters: agi. Private to "again": n. Private to "agri": r.

"again" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "agri" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

again ← aagin · againn · agani · aggain · agian · gaain
agri ← aggri · agir · agrri · argi · gari

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "again" and "agri" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "again" is an adverb and "agri" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary English text, does "again" or "agri" show up more?

"again" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #189 in our English list, against #33,111 for "agri". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "again" and "agri".

Full dictionary entry for "again" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "agri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #330,676 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"again" and "agri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agri vs Amari". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #330,676 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.