aggro
/ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/
"aggro" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aggro” is uncommon English (frequency #55,223 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,223
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aggravation; bother.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aggro · aggro · English
aggro · rank #55,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,223
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH agen
Nearest frequency peer: agen (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “aggro”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- adjudicator
adjudicator
44,783 corpus weight
- afire
afire
44,781 corpus weight
- aflame
aflame
44,780 corpus weight
- agen
agen
44,779 corpus weight
- aggro
aggro
44,778 corpus weight
- Akali
Akali
44,776 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aggro” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aggro |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aggro” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aggro is uncommon English at frequency #55,223 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for aggro in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive. The correct English form is aggro, spelled A-G-G-R-O.
Definition
- 1Aggravation; bother.
- 2Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
- 3A measure of a player's level of belligerence.
- 4Hostile attention from an enemy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aggro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But the thing to remember was that some women were prepared to provide an outlet, in spite of all the aggro, if the money was right. And lots of guys were prepared to pay, in spite of the aggro. And what the aggro boiled down to, if you thought about it, was the shame of being known to be the person who had been involved.
Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.
Etymology
From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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