Agamemnon
/ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/
"agamemnon" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Agamemnon” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #41,982 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #41,982
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Agamemnon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Agamemnon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Agamemnon is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,982 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Agamemnon, with forms such as "aagmemnon", "agaemmnon", and "agamemmnon". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn, “very resolute”). The correct English form is Agamemnon, spelled A-G-A-M-E-M-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn, “very resolute”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aagmemnon,agaemmnon,agamemmnon,agamemnno,agamemnnon,agamemnonn,agamemonn,agamenmon,agammemnon,agammenon,aggamemnon,agmaemnon,gaamemnon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Agamemnon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Agamemnon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-G-A-M-E-M-N-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.