agglutination

\a.ɡly.ti.na.sjɔ̃\

/\a.ɡly.ti.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“agglutination” is uncommon French (frequency #93,464 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,464
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’agglutiner, de s’agglutiner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agglutination · agglutination · French

agglutination · rank #93,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,464
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ahi

Nearest frequency peer: ahi (+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 « agglutination »

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 « agglutination » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agglutination
PropertyValue
Headwordagglutination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ɡly.ti.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,464
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « agglutination » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ahi » (#93,465), « africanistes » (#93,462), « Ahun » (#93,466). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agglutination » est au #93,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agglutination is uncommon French at frequency #93,464 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ɡly.ti.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agglutination, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is agglutination, spelled A-G-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’agglutiner, de s’agglutiner.
  2. 2
    Procédé qui consiste à former des mots nouveaux ou des formes de mots nouvelles en leur adjoignant des éléments qui avaient d’abord une existence indépendante.
  3. 3
    Groupement en amas distincts de molécules porteurs d’antigène, en suspension dans un liquide, qui survient lorsqu’on ajoute à ce liquide l’anticorps correspondant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le présent mémoire examine l’agglutination d’hématies tannées traitées par deux antigènes successivement.
  2. L’association d’un déficit en FvW et d’une thrombocytopénie évoque soit la présence de multimères anormaux du FvW qui agglutinent les plaquettes circulantes (type 2B), soit une anomalie du récepteur plaquettaire favorisant l’agglutination alors que le FvW est normal (pseudo-von Willebrand).

This word in other languages

agglutination(English)aglutinación(Español)Agglutination(Deutsch)

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 "agglutination"?
"agglutination" is spelled A-G-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ɡly.ti.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "agglutination" mean?
As a noun, "agglutination" means: Action d’agglutiner, de s’agglutiner.
How do you pronounce "agglutination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agglutination" is \a.ɡly.ti.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agglutination" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list