aggregate
ag·gre·gate/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/noun, adjective, verb
aggregate is spelled A-G-G-R-E-G-A-T-E, 3 syllables: ag·gre·gate. The wrong spelling people search most is agregate: about 180 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 51 of all searches for the word. Aggregate is a noun meaning “A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole”. The plural of aggregate is aggregates.
How many letters and syllables are in aggregate?
| Letters | 9: A-G-G-R-E-G-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ag·gre·gate |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, agregate, about 180 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell aggregate?
Aggregate is spelled A-G-G-R-E-G-A-T-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 51 of the searches for aggregate in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is aggregate?
Aggregate appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aggregate?
- /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/
- /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌɡeɪt/
Aggregate has 3 syllables, split ag·gre·gate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-aggregate-noun.ogg, En-us-aggregate-verb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aggregate
- aggregates plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- more aggregate comparative
- most aggregate superlative
- aggregating participle, present
- aggregated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aggregate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- 2
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- 3
obsoleteA set (collection of objects).
- 4
The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- 5
The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.
- 6
Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- 7
Solid 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.
- 8
Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
adjective
- 1
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures, though small for any o
- 2
Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- 3
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
aggregate glands
- 4
Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- 5
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- 6
United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
verb
- 1
To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
the aggregated soil
- 2
archaicTo add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
- 3
To amount in the aggregate to.
There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate aggregate?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of aggregate: ag, agg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aggregate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | agrégat , granulats , skandha , agréger |
| German | Anhäufung, Ansammlung, Häufung , Aggregation, Masse , zusammengetragen |
| Portuguese | agregado , agregar, juntar |
| Spanish | agregado, conjunto, allegamiento , total , resultado global, global |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aggregate come from?
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. See also ag-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).