agencia

[aˈxẽnsja]

/[aˈxẽnsja]/ noun

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The verdict

“agencia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,005. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,005
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Profesión o empleo de agente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-agencia · agencia · Spanish

agencia · rank #2,005 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,005
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH acabar

Nearest frequency peer: acabar (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “agencia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “agencia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

agencia vs agenda
71% similar
agencia vs agonía
57% similar
agencia vs agency
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for agencia
PropertyValue
Headwordagencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈxẽnsja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,005
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “agencia”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).agenciacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “acabar” (#2,004), “Órdenes” (#2,003), “apoyar” (#2,007). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “agencia” va en #2,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around agencia (IPA [aˈxẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,005 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for agencia, with forms such as "aegncia", "agecnia", and "agencai". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "agenda", "agonía", "agency", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is agencia, spelled A-G-E-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Profesión o empleo de agente.
  2. 2
    Oficina o sede en la que desempeña sus funciones un agente.
  3. 3
    En general, empresa que presta servicios de gestión a terceros.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, sede o sucursal de una agencia₃.
  5. 5
    Institución de la administración pública que ejecuta la gestión de algún servicio.
  6. 6
    Establecimiento que presta dinero contra el depósito de bienes materiales como prenda.
  7. 7
    Condición de agente activo, por contraposición al paciente o beneficiario, que se expresa en ciertos roles semánticos.
  8. 8
    Capacidad de un sujeto para tomar decisiones de forma independiente. Usado especialmente para referirse a los sistemas informáticos.

Synonyms

casa de empeño

This word in other languages

agency(English)Agentur(Deutsch)agencia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aegncia
  • agecnia
  • agencai
  • agenccia
  • agenica
  • agenncia
  • agensia
  • aggencia
  • agnecia
  • gaencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agencia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aegncia2agecnia2agencai2agenccia1agenica2agenncia1agensia1aggencia1
Edit distance from "agencia"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agencia"?
"agencia" is spelled A-G-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈxẽnsja].
What does "agencia" mean?
As a noun, "agencia" means: Profesión o empleo de agente.
What words are commonly confused with "agencia"?
"agencia" is commonly confused with "agenda", "agonía", "agency". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agencia" is [aˈxẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agencia" come from?
"agencia" is a Spanish 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Órdenes#2,003víctima#2,002cuerpos#2,019espalda#1,985

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

probar10 variantslibres10 variantsfiestas10 variantsmentira10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list