aggression
/əˈɡɹɛʃən/noun
aggression is spelled A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aggression means “The act of initiating hostilities or invasion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aggression is aggressions.
How many letters and syllables are in aggression?
| Letters | 10: A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is aggression?
Aggression appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 aggression?
- US /əˈɡɹɛʃən/
Aggression has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aggression.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aggression?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aggression from its last stressed vowel (/ɛʃən/):
- session
- profession
- obsession
- progression
- compression
- oppression
- suppression
- concession
- regression
- accession
- hessian
- digression
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of aggression
- aggressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aggression mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
- 2
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
- 3
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
- 4
A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone.
- 5
The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aggression in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of initiating hostilities or invasion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | agression |
| German | Aggression, Angriff |
| Portuguese | agressão |
| Spanish | agresión |
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 aggression come from?
From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).