secret agent

noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agent secret.

Corpus desk

Index FR-secret-agent · secret agent · French

secret agent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 secret agent
PropertyValue
Headwordsecret agent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « secret agent » en français

secret agentn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

secret agent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agent secret.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for secret agent, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is secret agent, spelled S-E-C-R-E-T- -A-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agent secret.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. James Bond was a fictional secret agent. — James Bond était un agent secret imaginaire.

Synonyms

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 "secret agent"?
"secret agent" is spelled S-E-C-R-E-T- -A-G-E-N-T.
What does "secret agent" mean?
As a noun, "secret agent" means: Agent secret.
What language does "secret agent" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list