agenouiller

\a.ʒ(ə.)nu.je\

/\a.ʒ(ə.)nu.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“agenouiller” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,561
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre à genoux, faire s’agenouiller quelqu’un, ou, au figuré, quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agenouiller · agenouiller · French

agenouiller · rank #46,561 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,561
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affilé

Nearest frequency peer: affilé (-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 « agenouiller »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « agenouiller » 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
Key facts for agenouiller
PropertyValue
Headwordagenouiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʒ(ə.)nu.je\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,561
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agenouiller »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.agenouillerse 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 « affilé » (#46,560), « adressons » (#46,559), « aggravées » (#46,563). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agenouiller » est au #46,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around agenouiller (IPA \a.ʒ(ə.)nu.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,561 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for agenouiller, with forms such as "aegnouiller", "agennouiller", and "agenoiuller". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is agenouiller, spelled A-G-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre à genoux, faire s’agenouiller quelqu’un, ou, au figuré, quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Abaisser le côté d’un véhicule pour, par exemple, l’amener au niveau d’un trottoir.
  3. 3
    Humilier.
  4. 4
    Assujettir.
  5. 5
    Se mettre à genoux ; faire une génuflexion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un élan irrésistible l’agenouilla près de la jeune femme dont il souleva le buste tandis que sa main caressait le visage brûlant.
  2. Une doublure de premier consul sans la lassitude de huit ans de crimes et d’anarchie qui agenouillait la France sous la main d’un autre consulat.

Synonyms

mettre à genouxabaisseropprimer

Antonyms

désagenouiller

This word in other languages

kneel(English)arrodillar(Español)niederknien(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aegnouiller
  • agennouiller
  • agenoiuller
  • agenouilelr
  • agenouiler
  • agenouillerr
  • agenouillre
  • agenouliler
  • agenuoiller
  • ageonuiller
  • aggenouiller
  • agneouiller
  • gaenouiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agenouiller - 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.

aegnouiller2agennouiller1agenoiuller2agenouilelr2agenouiler1agenouillerr1agenouillre2agenouliler2
Edit distance from "agenouiller"

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 "agenouiller"?
"agenouiller" is spelled A-G-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒ(ə.)nu.je\.
What does "agenouiller" mean?
As a verb, "agenouiller" means: Mettre à genoux, faire s’agenouiller quelqu’un, ou, au figuré, quelque chose.
What are common misspellings of "agenouiller"?
Common misspellings include "aegnouiller", "agennouiller", "agenoiuller", "agenouilelr", "agenouiler". The correct spelling is "agenouiller".
How do you pronounce "agenouiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agenouiller" is \a.ʒ(ə.)nu.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agenouiller" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list