agonized
/ˈæ.ɡən.aɪzd/
"agonized" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agonized” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,165 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #64,165
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of agonised.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agonized |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈæ.ɡən.aɪzd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agonized” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for agonized is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæ.ɡən.aɪzd/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,165 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alternative spelling of agonised.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for agonized, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is agonized, spelled A-G-O-N-I-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of agonised.
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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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Using “agonized”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-G-O-N-I-Z-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæ.ɡən.aɪzd/ (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.