agitprop

/ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/

//ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp// noun

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"agitprop" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“agitprop” is uncommon English (frequency #89,081 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,081
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Departmen...

Corpus desk

Index EN-agitprop · agitprop · English

agitprop · rank #89,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,081
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH agonizingly

Nearest frequency peer: agonizingly (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “agitprop”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “agitprop” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agitprop
PropertyValue
Headwordagitprop
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “agitprop” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).agitpropfalls in this rarity band:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “agonizingly” (#89,082), “aerobatics” (#89,078), “adroitly” (#89,077). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “agitprop” is #89,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agitprop is uncommon English at frequency #89,081 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for agitprop, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department for Agitatio… The correct English form is agitprop, spelled A-G-I-T-P-R-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  2. 2
    An instance of such propaganda.
  3. 3
    An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how agitprop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Russian Twitter and Facebook bots trolled both the left and the right with agitprop — in what appears to have been a general effort to deepen divisions and sow political chaos in America, not to favor one party or candidate over the other.
  2. The letter was pure puffery, probably written by some clerk in North Korea's agitprop bureau, but [Donald] Trump loved it.

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department for Agitation and Propaganda”); analysable as a blend of agitation + propaganda. The verb is derived from the noun.

This word in other languages

agitprop(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agitprop"?
"agitprop" is spelled A-G-I-T-P-R-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/.
What does "agitprop" mean?
As a noun, "agitprop" means: Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Departmen...
How do you pronounce "agitprop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agitprop" is /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "agitprop"?
The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department fo... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agitprop", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adroitly#89,077Aaronson#89,061apposite#89,106Armstead#89,110

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list