agronomy

/əˈɡɹɒnəmi/

//əˈɡɹɒnəmi// noun

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"agronomy" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“agronomy” is uncommon English (frequency #57,206 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,206
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant ...

Corpus desk

Index EN-agronomy · agronomy · English

agronomy · rank #57,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,206
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH agee

Nearest frequency peer: agee (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “agronomy”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agronomy
PropertyValue
Headwordagronomy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈɡɹɒnəmi/
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “agronomy” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).agronomyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “agee” (#57,205), “Ahern” (#57,207), “afflict” (#57,204). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “agronomy” is #57,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agronomy is uncommon English at frequency #57,206 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈɡɹɒnəmi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant ...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agronomy, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French agronomie, from agronome (“agriculturist”), from Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). By surface analysis, agro- + -nomy. The correct English form is agronomy, spelled A-G-R-O-N-O-M-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Near-synonym: husbandry

Etymology

From French agronomie, from agronome (“agriculturist”), from Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). By surface analysis, agro- + -nomy.

This word in other languages

agronomía(Español)agronomie(Français)Agronomie(Deutsch)agronomia(Português)

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 "agronomy"?
"agronomy" is spelled A-G-R-O-N-O-M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈɡɹɒnəmi/.
What does "agronomy" mean?
As a noun, "agronomy" means: The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant ...
How do you pronounce "agronomy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agronomy" is /əˈɡɹɒnəmi/. 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 "agronomy"?
From French agronomie, from agronome (“agriculturist”), from Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). By surface analysis, agro- + -nomy. 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 "agronomy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list