agir

\a.ʒiʁ\

/\a.ʒiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“agir” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,760) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,760
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agir · agir · French

agir · rank #1,760 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,760
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH van

Nearest frequency peer: van (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « agir »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « agir » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

agir vs air
75% similar
agir vs ait
50% similar
agir vs ami
50% similar

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

Key facts for agir
PropertyValue
Headwordagir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʒiʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,760
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « agir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).agirse 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 « van » (#1,759), « alcool » (#1,761), « tourner » (#1,758). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agir » est au #1,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for agir is neighbouring look-alikes ("air", "ait", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \a.ʒiʁ\. Frequency #1,760 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for agir, with forms such as "aggir", "agirr", and "aigr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "air", "ait", "ami", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 agir, spelled A-G-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Se dit souvent par opposition aux paroles, aux discours, etc., et signifie procéder à l’exécution de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Opérer, produire quelque effet ou faire quelque impression.
  4. 4
    Négocier, s’employer en quelque affaire.
  5. 5
    Poursuivre en justice.
  6. 6
    Se conduire, se comporter.
  7. 7
    (avec de) Sert à marquer de quoi il est question.
  8. 8
    Activer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il agit donc sur la tirette, le rideau se releva brusquement, et alors, à la stupéfaction générale, on vit saint Jean-Baptiste, en pyjama bleu de ciel, […]
  2. Il n’est jamais sans agir.

This word in other languages

act(English)actuar(Español)handeln(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggir
  • agirr
  • aigr
  • gair

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aggir1agirr1aigr2gair2
Edit distance from "agir"

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 "agir"?
"agir" is spelled A-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒiʁ\.
What does "agir" mean?
As a verb, "agir" means: Faire quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "agir"?
"agir" is commonly confused with "air", "ait", "ami". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agir" is \a.ʒiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agir" come from?
"agir" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amie#1,762coût#1,767marc#1,777rare#1,785

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list