agri-food
/ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/
"agri-food" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agri-food” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agri-food |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agri-food” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
agri-food is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agri-food, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From agri- + food. The correct English form is agri-food, spelled A-G-R-I---F-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.
Etymology
From agri- + food.
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 “agri-food”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-G-R-I---F-O-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.