aggress
/əˈɡɹɛs/
"aggress" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aggress” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aggression.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aggress · aggress · English
aggress · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | aggress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈɡɹɛs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aggress” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aggress is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈɡɹɛs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aggression.".
Zero misspellings are on record for aggress in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin aggressum, past participle of aggredi (“to attack, assail, approach, go to”), from ad (“to”) + gradi (“to walk, go”), from gradus (“step”); see grade. The correct English form is aggress, spelled A-G-G-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Aggression.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aggress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
his aggress / Was made with such precaution as to quench / Douay's intent and throw him in a mess.
Etymology
From Latin aggressum, past participle of aggredi (“to attack, assail, approach, go to”), from ad (“to”) + gradi (“to walk, go”), from gradus (“step”); see grade.
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.