agriculture

/ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə/

//ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə// noun

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"agriculture" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“agriculture” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,796
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

Corpus desk

Index EN-agriculture · agriculture · English

agriculture · rank #3,796 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,796
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH alleged

Nearest frequency peer: alleged (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “agriculture”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “agriculture” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

agriculture vs agricultural
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for agriculture
PropertyValue
Headwordagriculture
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə/
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,796
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “agriculture”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).agriculturelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “alleged” (#3,797), “whilst” (#3,794), “anna” (#3,798). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “agriculture” is #3,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around agriculture (IPA /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,796 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for agriculture, with forms such as "aggriculture", "agirculture", and "agrciulture". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "agricultural", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture. The correct English form is agriculture, spelled A-G-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Meronyms: tillage, cropping
  2. Near-synonym: husbandry

Etymology

From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.

This word in other languages

agricultura(Español)agriculture(Français)Landwirtschaft(Deutsch)agricultura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggriculture
  • agirculture
  • agrciulture
  • agricculture
  • agricluture
  • agricullture
  • agricultrue
  • agricultture
  • agricultuer
  • agriculturre
  • agriculutre
  • agricutlure
  • agriuclture
  • agrriculture
  • argiculture
  • gariculture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agriculture - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aggriculture1agirculture2agrciulture2agricculture1agricluture2agricullture1agricultrue2agricultture1
Edit distance from "agriculture"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agriculture"?
"agriculture" is spelled A-G-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə/.
What does "agriculture" mean?
As a noun, "agriculture" means: The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
What words are commonly confused with "agriculture"?
"agriculture" is commonly confused with "agricultural". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agriculture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agriculture" is /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə/. 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 "agriculture"?
From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agriculture", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list