# aggressor

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈɡɹɛsə/ · frequency rank #28,445

## Definitions
1. The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

## Etymology
From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).

## Easily confused with
- **aggression** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aggression-vs-aggressor)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aggerssor`, `aggresor`, `aggresosr`, `aggressorr`, `aggressro`, `aggrressor`, `aggrsesor`, `agressor`, `agrgessor`, `gagressor`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aggressor