agitent

\a.ʒit\

/\a.ʒit\/ verb

The verdict

“agitent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,605
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-agitent · agitent · French

agitent · rank #26,605 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,605
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agglo

Nearest frequency peer: agglo (-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 « agitent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « agitent » 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).

agitent vs aient
71% similar
agitent vs aiment
71% similar
agitent vs aident
71% similar

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

Key facts for agitent
PropertyValue
Headwordagitent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʒit\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,605
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agitent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).agitentse 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 « agglo » (#26,604), « agresse » (#26,606), « agaçant » (#26,603). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agitent » est au #26,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around agitent (IPA \a.ʒit\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,605 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for agitent, with forms such as "aggitent", "agietnt", and "agitennt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "aient", "aiment", "aident", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is agitent, spelled A-G-I-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe agiter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe agiter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Plusieurs personnages, surtout des archers, s’agitent autour d’un asiné retourné sur le dos et bloqué par une pierre à gorge.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggitent
  • agietnt
  • agitennt
  • agitentt
  • agitetn
  • agitnet
  • agittent
  • agtient
  • aigtent
  • gaitent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aggitent1agietnt2agitennt1agitentt1agitetn2agitnet2agittent1agtient2
Edit distance from "agitent"

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 "agitent"?
"agitent" is spelled A-G-I-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒit\.
What does "agitent" mean?
As a verb, "agitent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe agiter.
What words are commonly confused with "agitent"?
"agitent" is commonly confused with "aient", "aiment", "aident". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agitent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agitent" is \a.ʒit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agitent" come from?
"agitent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list