Agrigento
/ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/
"agrigento" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Agrigento” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - A province of Sicily, Italy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Agrigento |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Agrigento” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Agrigento is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Agrigento, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at th… The correct English form is Agrigento, spelled A-G-R-I-G-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1A province of Sicily, Italy.
- 2The capital city of Agrigento.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Agrigento”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-G-R-I-G-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.