agood
/əˈɡʊd/
"agood" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agood” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In earnest; heartily; in good earnest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-agood · agood · English
agood · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈɡʊd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agood” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agood is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈɡʊd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In earnest; heartily; in good earnest.".
No misspelling variants are generated for agood in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a- + good. The correct English form is agood, spelled A-G-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1In earnest; heartily; in good earnest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how agood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]And, at that time I made her weep a-good, / For I did play a lamentable part:
Etymology
From a- + good.
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.