agglutination
/əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
"agglutination" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agglutination” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agglutination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agglutination” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for agglutination is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agglutination, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Multiple origins. The oldest usage, in relation to tissues adhering or healing in medical contexts, appears in the 16th century, from French agglutination. The linguistic sense derived from this usage during the early 19th century. The sense of gluing or ce… The correct English form is agglutination, spelled A-G-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
- 2Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
- 3The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
Etymology
Multiple origins. The oldest usage, in relation to tissues adhering or healing in medical contexts, appears in the 16th century, from French agglutination. The linguistic sense derived from this usage during the early 19th century. The sense of gluing or cementing objects together in other contexts is from New Latin agglutinatio, from Latin agglūtinō (“glue; fasten to”) + -iō (a suffix used to form nouns). Compare Spanish aglutinación (“uniting; (linguistic) agglutination”), French agglutiner (“to paste together”, verb), and German Agglutination (“(linguistic) agglutination”) and Agglutinierung (“(biological) adhering, clumping”).
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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.
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Using “agglutination”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-G-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.