agley
/əˈɡleɪ/
"agley" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agley” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈɡleɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agley” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for agley is 5 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈɡleɪ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.".
agley has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Scots agley. The correct English form is agley, spelled A-G-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
Etymology
From Scots agley.
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.
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Using “agley”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-G-L-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈɡleɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.