agiter

/\a.ʒi.te\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,199

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

agiter is aFrenchverb. It means: Secouer vivement en tout sens. Pronounced \a.ʒi.te\. Often confused with aider and aimer.

Key facts for agiter
PropertyValue
Headwordagiter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʒi.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,199
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for agiter is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʒi.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,199 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for agiter, with forms such as "aggiter", "agietr", and "agiterr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aider", "aimer", "Alter", and more, 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 agiter, spelled A-G-I-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Secouer vivement en tout sens.
  2. 2
    Causer un trouble ou une vive émotion.
  3. 3
    Montrer ostensiblement ; exhiber.
  4. 4
    Discuter des différentes options permettant de résoudre une question.
  5. 5
    Remuer vivement en tout sens.
  6. 6
    Se démener à l’excès, faire trop de démarches, en parlant d'une personne.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aggiter,agietr,agiterr,agitre,agitter,agtier,aigter,gaiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agiter

Misspelling Variants of "agiter"

aggiter7agietr6agiterr7agitre6agitter7agtier6aigter6gaiter6
Misspelling Variants of "agiter"

Frequency rank: #19,199 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agiter"?
"agiter" is spelled A-G-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒi.te\.
What does "agiter" mean?
As a verb, "agiter" means: Secouer vivement en tout sens.
What words are commonly confused with "agiter"?
"agiter" is commonly confused with "aider", "aimer", "Alter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agiter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agiter" is \a.ʒi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agiter" come from?
"agiter" 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.