agitateur

/\a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,419

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

agitateur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui agite une assemblée, une foule, en vue d’y causer du trouble. Pronounced \a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\. Often confused with aviateur and animateur.

Key facts for agitateur
PropertyValue
Headwordagitateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,419
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of agitateur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for agitateur is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,419 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for agitateur, with forms such as "aggitateur", "agiatteur", and "agitaetur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "aviateur", "animateur", "agitateurs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is agitateur, spelled A-G-I-T-A-T-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui agite une assemblée, une foule, en vue d’y causer du trouble.
  2. 2
    Baguette de verre dont on se sert pour remuer dans un récipient toutes sortes de liquides.
  3. 3
    Moteur qui possède des pales, des hélices ou une vis sur son arbre afin d’homogénéiser la solution d'un réacteur ou réservoir sur lequel il est placé.
  4. 4
    Aimant rotatif permettant de mélanger automatiquement une solution dans laquelle se trouve une petite barre de fer recouverte de verre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aggitateur,agiatteur,agitaetur,agitateru,agitateurr,agitatteur,agitatuer,agittaeur,agittateur,agtiateur,aigtateur,gaitateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agitateur

Misspelling Variants of "agitateur"

aggitateur10agiatteur9agitaetur9agitateru9agitateurr10agitatteur10agitatuer9agittaeur9
Misspelling Variants of "agitateur"

Frequency rank: #45,419 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agitateur"?
"agitateur" is spelled A-G-I-T-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\.
What does "agitateur" mean?
As a noun, "agitateur" means: Celui qui agite une assemblée, une foule, en vue d’y causer du trouble.
What words are commonly confused with "agitateur"?
"agitateur" is commonly confused with "aviateur", "animateur", "agitateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agitateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agitateur" is \a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agitateur" come from?
"agitateur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.