agar
a·gar/ˈɑˌɡɑɹ/noun
agar is spelled A-G-A-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables (a·gar). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, agar means “A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of agar is agars.
How many letters and syllables are in agar?
| Letters | 4: A-G-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: a·gar |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is agar?
Agar appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce agar?
- UK /ˈeɪ.ɡə/
- UK /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/
- US /ˈɑˌɡɑɹ/
Agar has 2 syllables, split a·gar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-agar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with agar?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as agar (/ɑɡɑɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: agra, raga.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of agar
- agars plural
- aggur
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does agar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- 2
A culture medium based on this material.
- 3
A pattern that is periodic in both space and time covering the whole plane.
- 4
agarwood
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Agar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense gelatinous substance:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does agar come from?
From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).