agate
\a.ɡat\
The verdict
“agate” is an uncommon French word, ranked #52,463 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,463
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété de quartz, agrégation de plusieurs formes de silices qui prend parfaitement le poli et varie pour les couleurs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ɡat\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agate” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for agate is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ɡat\. Corpus data places it at rank #52,463 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for agate in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is agate, spelled A-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variété de quartz, agrégation de plusieurs formes de silices qui prend parfaitement le poli et varie pour les couleurs.
- 2Objet fait de cette pierre.
- 3Instrument dans lequel est enchâssée une agate et qui sert à brunir l’or ou d’autres métaux.
- 4Bille en verre avec des filaments multicolores à l’intérieur, cornaline. Terme notamment employé par opposition aux billes en terre cuite peintes en usage jusque vers les années 1970.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “agate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-G-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ɡat\ (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.