agenbite
/əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/
"agenbite" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agenbite” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remorse, ayenbite.
Corpus desk
Index EN-agenbite · agenbite · English
agenbite · 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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agenbite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agenbite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agenbite is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Remorse, ayenbite.".
agenbite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Middle English ayenbite, reflecting Old English agēn (“again, eft, back”). The correct English form is agenbite, spelled A-G-E-N-B-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Remorse, ayenbite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agenbite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience.
A special property of all social extensions of the body is that they return to plague the inventors in a kind of agenbite of outwit.'
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle English ayenbite, reflecting Old English agēn (“again, eft, back”).
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.