agitation

\a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“agitation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,701
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est agité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agitation · agitation · French

agitation · rank #11,701 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,701
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH after

Nearest frequency peer: after (-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 « agitation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « agitation » 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).

agitation vs aviation
78% similar
agitation vs animation
78% similar

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

Key facts for agitation
PropertyValue
Headwordagitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,701
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agitation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).agitationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « after » (#11,700), « aidant » (#11,702), « adorer » (#11,699). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agitation » est au #11,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around agitation (IPA \a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,701 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for agitation, with forms such as "aggitation", "agiattion", and "agitaiton". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aviation", "animation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is agitation, spelled A-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est agité.
  2. 2
    Mouvement populaire d’opposition ou de rébellion.
  3. 3
    État d’un lieu, d’un milieu, d’une vie caractérisés par des mouvements nombreux et incessants.
  4. 4
    État d’esprit contraire à celui du repos.
  5. 5
    Mouvement continuel et fatigant du corps, occasionné soit par une cause physique, soit par une inquiétude morale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jusque tout récemment, le Houz seul était resté calme. Mais l’agitation a fini par gagner cette région relativement soumise, d’où les sultans tiraient le plus clair de leurs revenus et où les commerçants européens de la côte ont des intérêts considérables.
  2. En 1884, le gouvernement ne prévoyait nullement que les syndicats pussent participer à une grande agitation révolutionnaire […].

This word in other languages

agitation(English)agitación(Español)Rummel(Deutsch)agitação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggitation
  • agiattion
  • agitaiton
  • agitatino
  • agitationn
  • agitatoin
  • agitattion
  • agittaion
  • agittation
  • agtiation
  • aigtation
  • gaitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aggitation1agiattion2agitaiton2agitatino2agitationn1agitatoin2agitattion1agittaion2
Edit distance from "agitation"

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 "agitation"?
"agitation" is spelled A-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "agitation" mean?
As a noun, "agitation" means: État de ce qui est agité.
What words are commonly confused with "agitation"?
"agitation" is commonly confused with "aviation", "animation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agitation" is \a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agitation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

améliorée#11,706annonçait#11,710Cambridge#11,727suspendue#11,673

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

absorber12 variantséruption12 variantsvampires12 variantstrouvées12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list