agence

\a.ʒɑ̃s\

/\a.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“agence” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,502
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organisme gérant des affaires pour le compte d'autrui.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agence · agence · French

agence · rank #1,502 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,502
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH actuelle

Nearest frequency peer: actuelle (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « agence »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « agence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

agence vs agent
67% similar
agence vs amène
50% similar
agence vs arène
50% similar

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

Key facts for agence
PropertyValue
Headwordagence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒɑ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,502
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agence »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).agencese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « actuelle » (#1,501), « artiste » (#1,503), « verre » (#1,500). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agence » est au #1,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around agence (IPA \a.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,502 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for agence, with forms such as "aegnce", "agecne", and "agencce". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "agent", "amène", "arène", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is agence, spelled A-G-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisme gérant des affaires pour le compte d'autrui.
  2. 2
    Organisme ayant pour tâche de centraliser des nouvelles, et de les transmettre à ses clients, à la presse, etc. agence de presse.
  3. 3
    Succursale, bureau local par rapport à la maison-mère ou à un centre régional.
  4. 4
    Endroit où se trouvent les bâtiments affectés à cet établissement.
  5. 5
    Rôle, action d’un agent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how agence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tout ce monde achète, vend, brocante. Des prélats spéculent sur les terrains et les constructions, des lazaristes sur les agences de recrutement militaire, etc., etc.
  2. Agence générale. Agence d’affaires, de travaux. Agence de location.

This word in other languages

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aegnce
  • agecne
  • agencce
  • agenec
  • agennce
  • aggence
  • agnece
  • gaence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aegnce2agecne2agencce1agenec2agennce1aggence1agnece2gaence2
Edit distance from "agence"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agence"?
"agence" is spelled A-G-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒɑ̃s\.
What does "agence" mean?
As a noun, "agence" means: Organisme gérant des affaires pour le compte d'autrui.
What words are commonly confused with "agence"?
"agence" is commonly confused with "agent", "amène", "arène". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agence" is \a.ʒɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agence" come from?
"agence" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avions#1,507savent#1,495retard#1,494objets#1,487

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

entier8 variantslycée8 variantschamp8 variantsbeauté8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list