war of aggression

noun

"war-of-aggression" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“war of aggression” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.

Key facts for war of aggression
PropertyValue
Headwordwar of aggression
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “war of aggression” sits in English frequency

war of aggression falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

war of aggression is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.".

Zero misspellings are on record for war of aggression in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is war of aggression, spelled W-A-R- -O-F- -A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "war of aggression"?
"war of aggression" is spelled W-A-R- -O-F- -A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.
What does "war of aggression" mean?
As a noun, "war of aggression" means: A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.
What language does "war of aggression" come from?
"war of aggression" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “war of aggression”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is W-A-R- -O-F- -A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list