agrafe

noun

"agrafe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“agrafe” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hook or fastener on clothing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-agrafe · agrafe · English

agrafe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 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.

Key facts for agrafe
PropertyValue
Headwordagrafe
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “agrafe” in English

agrafesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agrafe is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hook or fastener on clothing.".

agrafe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French agrafe. The correct English form is agrafe, spelled A-G-R-A-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A hook or fastener on clothing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The belt was of gold, confined by a diamond agrafe.

Etymology

From French agrafe.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agrafe"?
"agrafe" is spelled A-G-R-A-F-E.
What does "agrafe" mean?
As a noun, "agrafe" means: A hook or fastener on clothing.
What is the origin of the word "agrafe"?
From French agrafe. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list