agri-food

/ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/

//ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd// noun

"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
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.

Corpus desk

Index EN-agri-food · agri-food · English

agri-food · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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 agri-food
PropertyValue
Headwordagri-food
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “agri-food” in English

agri-foodranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

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

  1. 1
    The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The Liberal statement does draw attention to its potential future agenda, namely, fisheries, forestry, agri-food, and mining, all resource-based sectors.
  2. 2007, F. Scala, A. Raio, A. Zoina, and M. Lorito, "Biological Control of Fruit and Vegetable Diseases with Fungal and Bacterial Antagonists: Trichoderma and Agrobacterium", chapter 7 of S. B. Chincholkar and K. G. Mukerji (eds.), Biological Control of Plant Diseases, Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 177, Sales of organic products have increased dramatically in…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agri-food"?
"agri-food" is spelled A-G-R-I---F-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/.
What does "agri-food" mean?
As a noun, "agri-food" means: The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.
How do you pronounce "agri-food"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agri-food" is /ˈæɡɹiˌfuːd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "agri-food"?
From agri- + food. 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