Agrippa
/əˈɡɹɪpə/
"agrippa" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Agrippa” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,345 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #50,345
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Latin cognomen; borne by important figures of the classical era such as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and several kings of Judea, mentioned in the bible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Agrippa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈɡɹɪpə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Agrippa” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Agrippa is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈɡɹɪpə/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,345 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A Latin cognomen; borne by important figures of the classical era such as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and several kings of Judea, mentioned in the bible.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Agrippa, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Agrippa of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγρίππας (Agríppas) (compare Ancient Greek ἄγριππος (ágrippos)), although this is disputed since the name doesn't appear in Greek sources contemporary with the early Roman Republic… The correct English form is Agrippa, spelled A-G-R-I-P-P-A.
Definition
- 1A Latin cognomen; borne by important figures of the classical era such as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and several kings of Judea, mentioned in the bible.
Etymology
From Latin Agrippa of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγρίππας (Agríppas) (compare Ancient Greek ἄγριππος (ágrippos)), although this is disputed since the name doesn't appear in Greek sources contemporary with the early Roman Republic, when such a praenomen was popular.
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.
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- The one correct English spelling is A-G-R-I-P-P-A - 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.