aggregate
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "aggregate", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "aggregate" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "aggregate" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
aggregate is aEnglishnoun. It means: A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole. Pronounced /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/. It ranks #7,766 in English word frequency. Often confused with aggregator and aggravate.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aggregate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aggregate is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,766 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for aggregate, with forms such as "aggergate", "aggreagte", and "aggregaet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aggregator", "aggravate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is aggregate, spelled A-G-G-R-E-G-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- 2A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- 3A set (collection of objects).
- 4The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- 5The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- 6Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- 7Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
- 8Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
- 9A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
Etymology
From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aggergate,aggreagte,aggregaet,aggregatte,aggreggate,aggregtae,aggrgeate,aggrregate,agregate,agrgegate,gagregate
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aggregate
Misspelling Variants of "aggregate"
Frequency rank: #7,766 in English
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