Agnès
[ˈAŋnɛs]
The verdict
“Agnès” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,428 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,428
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Inés.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Agnès |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈAŋnɛs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Agnès” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Agnès is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,428 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈAŋnɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Inés.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Agnès, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Agnès, spelled A-G-N-È-S.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Inés.
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.
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Using “Agnès”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-G-N-È-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈAŋnɛs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.