agger

/ædʒə(ɹ)/

//ædʒə(ɹ)// noun

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"agger" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“agger” is uncommon English (frequency #67,206 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,206
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a low tide in which...

Corpus desk

Index EN-agger · agger · English

agger · rank #67,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,206
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH affectation

Nearest frequency peer: affectation (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “agger”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “agger” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agger
PropertyValue
Headwordagger
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ædʒə(ɹ)/
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “agger” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).aggerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “affectation” (#67,205), “AKC” (#67,208), “admonish” (#67,203). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “agger” is #67,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agger is uncommon English at frequency #67,206 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ædʒə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for agger, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English agger (“heap, pile”), from Latin agger (“earthwork, rubble, rampart”), from ad- (“toward, towards”) + gerere (“to carry”). The correct English form is agger, spelled A-G-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again
  2. 2
    Synonym of earthwork in ancient Roman contexts, particularly a defensive wall or mound.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how agger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The phænomenon of long continued high water or double high water in estuaries is, we believe, not uncommon. [...] The first high water appears to be considered by the Dutch, in common language, as the real high water, and the second is called the agger, but so little difference is there between them, that, in making the extensive series of simultaneous ti…
  2. A double tide or agger is a high tide consisting of two maxima of nearly the same height, separated by a relatively small depression; or a low tide consisting of two minima separated by a relatively small elevation.

Etymology

From Middle English agger (“heap, pile”), from Latin agger (“earthwork, rubble, rampart”), from ad- (“toward, towards”) + gerere (“to carry”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agger"?
"agger" is spelled A-G-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ædʒə(ɹ)/.
What does "agger" mean?
As a noun, "agger" means: A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a low tide in which...
How do you pronounce "agger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agger" is /ædʒə(ɹ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "agger"?
From Middle English agger (“heap, pile”), from Latin agger (“earthwork, rubble, rampart”), from ad- (“toward, towards”) + gerere (“to carry”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

akuma#67,209Adana#67,201aboot#67,199abled#67,198

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list