agglutination
/əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
"agglutination" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agglutination” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
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- below top-frequency English
- 13
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
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Index EN-agglutination · agglutination · English
agglutination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “agglutination” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agglutination is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how agglutination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It may resemble the factor 5 in Salmonella, a heat-labile determinant on the endotoxin molecule which, because of its superficial location, blocks the agglutination reaction of the deeper heat-stable O antigens in the same way as do the Vi and K antigens.
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”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.