intelligence agency
"intelligence-agency" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intelligence agency” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.
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Index EN-intelligence-agency · intelligence agency · English
intelligence agency · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intelligence agency |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “intelligence agency” in English
Rare enough to double-check
intelligence agency is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for intelligence agency in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is intelligence agency, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-C-E- -A-G-E-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intelligence agency appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A mysterious maverick to say the least, the Illusive Man heads the Cerberus network. Dubbed "the illusive empire" by investigators, Cerberus is an allegedly untraceable syndicate of private intelligence agencies, biotics laboratories, engineering and scientific research teams, and lucrative front companies.
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.