agit

\a.ʒi\

/\a.ʒi\/ verb

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The verdict

“agit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#432
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de agir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agit · agit · French

agit · rank #432 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #432
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH truc

Nearest frequency peer: truc (-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 « agit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « agit » 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).

agit vs at
50% similar
agit vs air
50% similar
agit vs Art
25% similar

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

Key facts for agit
PropertyValue
Headwordagit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʒi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#432
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agit »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « truc » (#431), « enfant » (#433), « sujet » (#430). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agit » est au #432. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around agit (IPA \a.ʒi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #432 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for agit, with forms such as "aggit", "agitt", and "agti". 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, "at", "air", "Art", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is agit, spelled A-G-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de agir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de agir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’acide arsénieux est un des poisons les plus violents ; il agit comme tel sur toutes les classes des animaux et sur les plantes.
  2. Pas de blague, les copains ! s’agit de se dégrouiller et de regarder où le pante s’en va…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggit
  • agitt
  • agti
  • aigt
  • gait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aggit1agitt1agti2aigt2gait2
Edit distance from "agit"

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 "agit"?
"agit" is spelled A-G-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒi\.
What does "agit" mean?
As a verb, "agit" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de agir.
What words are commonly confused with "agit"?
"agit" is commonly confused with "at", "air", "Art". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agit" is \a.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agit" come from?
"agit" 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 "agit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

truc#431mars#426cinq#424unis#442

Similar misspelling depth

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

amis5 variantsyeux5 variantsvoit5 variantsjuin5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list