agriculturist

noun

"agriculturist" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“agriculturist” is uncommon English (frequency #96,723 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,723
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a gardener.

Corpus desk

Index EN-agriculturist · agriculturist · English

agriculturist · rank #96,723 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,723
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH agama

Nearest frequency peer: agama (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “agriculturist”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “agriculturist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agriculturist
PropertyValue
Headwordagriculturist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#96,723
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “agriculturist” in English

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).agriculturistfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “agama” (#96,721), “Alde” (#96,725), “aflatoxin” (#96,720). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “agriculturist” is #96,723. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agriculturist is uncommon English at frequency #96,723 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for agriculturist in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From agriculture + -ist. The correct English form is agriculturist, spelled A-G-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a gardener.
  2. 2
    An expert in agriculture who advises farmers.

Etymology

From agriculture + -ist.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "agriculturist"?
"agriculturist" is spelled A-G-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-I-S-T.
What does "agriculturist" mean?
As a noun, "agriculturist" means: One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a gardener.
What is the origin of the word "agriculturist"?
From agriculture + -ist. 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 "agriculturist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list