agg
"agg" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agg” is uncommon English (frequency #61,250 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,250
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of egg (“encourage”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-agg · agg · English
agg · rank #61,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,250
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acrid
Nearest frequency peer: acrid (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “agg”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- acculturati…
acculturation
38,755 corpus weight
- Acevedo
Acevedo
38,754 corpus weight
- acrid
acrid
38,753 corpus weight
- agg
agg
38,751 corpus weight
- Ajayi
Ajayi
38,748 corpus weight
- Alcock
Alcock
38,747 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “agg” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #61,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agg” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agg is uncommon English at frequency #61,250 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of egg (“encourage”).".
Zero misspellings are on record for agg in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is agg, spelled A-G-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of egg (“encourage”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how agg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And as for Cynthy, his maw, she won't hardly speak to me; and, though she is my offspring, is the bitter-heartedest and keen-tonguedest woman hit ever was my lot to meet up with. But for her agging him on, hit is my belief Fulty never would [do anything].
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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