# adage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #30,675

## Definitions
1. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
2. An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin adā̆gium.

## Easily confused with
- **age** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-age)
- **Adam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adam)
- **Ange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-ange)
- **aware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-aware)
- **Adams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adams)
- **awake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-awake)
- **adapt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adapt)
- **adore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adore)
- **adobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adobe)
- **Adele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adele)
- **amaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-amaze)
- **agate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-agate)
- **Addie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-addie)
- **agave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-agave)
- **agape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-agape)
- **ADA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ada-vs-adage)
- **abate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abate-vs-adage)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aadge`, `adaeg`, `adagge`, `addage`, `adgae`, `daage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adage