agglomerate
/əˈɡlɒm(ə)ɹət/
"agglomerate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agglomerate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - collected into a ball, heap, or mass
Corpus desk
Index EN-agglomerate · agglomerate · English
agglomerate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | agglomerate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈɡlɒm(ə)ɹət/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agglomerate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agglomerate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈɡlɒm(ə)ɹət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "collected into a ball, heap, or mass".
Zero misspellings are on record for agglomerate in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin agglomerātus, past participle of agglomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from ad- (“to”) + glomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from glomus (“a ball”), akin to globus (“a ball”). The correct English form is agglomerate, spelled A-G-G-L-O-M-E-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1collected into a ball, heap, or mass
Etymology
From Latin agglomerātus, past participle of agglomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from ad- (“to”) + glomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from glomus (“a ball”), akin to globus (“a ball”).
Synonyms
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.