agonise
\a.ɡɔ.niz\
The verdict
“agonise” is uncommon French (frequency #54,382 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,382
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe agoniser.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agonise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.ɡɔ.niz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agonise” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
agonise is uncommon French at frequency #54,382 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ɡɔ.niz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for agonise, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is agonise, spelled A-G-O-N-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe agoniser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe agoniser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe agoniser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe agoniser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent du verbe agoniser.
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.
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Using “agonise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-G-O-N-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ɡɔ.niz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.