agitprop

\a.ʒit.pʁɔp\

/\a.ʒit.pʁɔp\/ noun

The verdict

“agitprop” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propagande politique de masse, émotionnelle et provocante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agitprop · agitprop · French

agitprop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for agitprop
PropertyValue
Headwordagitprop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒit.pʁɔp\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « agitprop » en français

agitpropreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agitprop is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʒit.pʁɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propagande politique de masse, émotionnelle et provocante.".

Zero misspellings are on record for agitprop in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is agitprop, spelled A-G-I-T-P-R-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propagande politique de masse, émotionnelle et provocante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est pourquoi l'Eta, soviétique, qui a une idéologie officielle à défendre, a banni la recherche sociale et l'a remplacée par l’agitprop. Tandis que le but de la recherche est de vérifier une théorie sociale par l'observation de la réalité, le but de l’agitprop est de faire en sorte que la réalité apparaisse conforme à l'idéologie.
  2. L’agitprop (agitation et propagande) fut initialement organisé par la Direction politique du Conseil militaire révolutionnaire, autrement dit de l'Armée, qui déploya des efforts systématiques durant la guerre civile, notamment dans le domaine de l'affiche.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agitprop"?
"agitprop" is spelled A-G-I-T-P-R-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒit.pʁɔp\.
What does "agitprop" mean?
As a noun, "agitprop" means: Propagande politique de masse, émotionnelle et provocante.
How do you pronounce "agitprop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agitprop" is \a.ʒit.pʁɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agitprop" come from?
"agitprop" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list