agiter

\a.ʒi.te\

/\a.ʒi.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“agiter” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,199. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,199
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Secouer vivement en tout sens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agiter · agiter · French

agiter · rank #19,199 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,199
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affreuse

Nearest frequency peer: affreuse (-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 « agiter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « agiter » 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).

agiter vs aider
67% similar
agiter vs aimer
67% similar
agiter vs Alter
50% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agiter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).agiterse 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 « affreuse » (#19,198), « ajoutait » (#19,200), « accomplis » (#19,197). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agiter » est au #19,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around agiter (IPA \a.ʒi.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,199 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for agiter, with forms such as "aggiter", "agietr", and "agiterr". 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, "aider", "aimer", "Alter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is agiter, spelled A-G-I-T-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On laisse digérer pendant une heure puis on chauffe à 40°C en agitant de temps en temps.
  2. Un peu de houle agitait le Firecrest sur son ancre, et mes visiteurs furent heureux de regagner la terre ferme.

Antonyms

calmer

This word in other languages

flap(English)agitar(Español)schlingen(Deutsch)agitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggiter
  • agietr
  • agiterr
  • agitre
  • agitter
  • agtier
  • aigter
  • gaiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aggiter1agietr2agiterr1agitre2agitter1agtier2aigter2gaiter2
Edit distance from "agiter"

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 "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. 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 "agiter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ambigu#19,204Astrid#19,211virale#19,186balise#19,214

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cherry8 variantscubain8 variantscuvette8 variantscygne8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list