agencer

\a.ʒɑ̃.se\

/\a.ʒɑ̃.se\/ verb

The verdict

“agencer” is uncommon French (frequency #79,022 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,022
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disposer convenablement plusieurs choses ou les parties d’une même chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agencer · agencer · French

agencer · rank #79,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,022
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aglaé

Nearest frequency peer: Aglaé (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « agencer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « agencer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agencer
PropertyValue
Headwordagencer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʒɑ̃.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,022
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « agencer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).agencertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Aglaé » (#79,023), « affublés » (#79,020), « agnus » (#79,024). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agencer » est au #79,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agencer is uncommon French at frequency #79,022 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ʒɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for agencer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Disposer convenablement plusieurs choses ou les parties d’une même chose.
  2. 2
    Arranger et combiner les groupes d’une composition, les figures d’un même groupe, ou les parties d’une même figure ; ajuster les draperies, disposer les accessoires, et en général tous les objets qui entrent dans la composition.
  3. 3
    Heureuse combinaison de certaines parties de la construction avec les ornements, en parlant des distributions qui satisfont aux divers services.
  4. 4
    Disposition des parties vocales ou instrumentales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle […] arrive enfin avec les sœurs qu’elle emmène, à Oirschot où elle organise tant bien que mal la clôture dans une maison qui n’a jamais été agencée pour servir de cloître.
  2. Les véritables stars ne le sont pas par ce qu'elles font mais par la manière particulière dont s'agence leur anatomie : elles sont mannequins, ou plutôt top models. Être top model consiste à exhiber une physionomie hors normes censée incarner les mensurations idéales de la femme d'aujourd'hui.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agencer"?
"agencer" is spelled A-G-E-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒɑ̃.se\.
What does "agencer" mean?
As a verb, "agencer" means: Disposer convenablement plusieurs choses ou les parties d’une même chose.
How do you pronounce "agencer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agencer" is \a.ʒɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agencer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list