agglomeration
"agglomeration" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agglomeration” is uncommon English (frequency #50,923 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,923
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
Corpus desk
Index EN-agglomeration · agglomeration · English
agglomeration · rank #50,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,923
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aesop
Nearest frequency peer: Aesop (-1 rank slots)
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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 “agglomeration”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aesop
Aesop
49,079 corpus weight
- agglomerati…
agglomeration
49,078 corpus weight
- Alaric
Alaric
49,077 corpus weight
- alchemists
alchemists
49,076 corpus weight
- Alissa
Alissa
49,075 corpus weight
- Alix
Alix
49,074 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “agglomeration” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agglomeration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agglomeration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agglomeration is uncommon English at frequency #50,923 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for agglomeration in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion. The correct English form is agglomeration, spelled A-G-G-L-O-M-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
- 2State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
- 3An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
- 4A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
Etymology
From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).