# agape

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈɡeɪp/ · frequency rank #44,043

## Definitions
1. In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
2. Wide open.

## Etymology
From a- + gape. First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667).

## Easily confused with
- **age** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-age)
- **ape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-ape)
- **ASAP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-asap)
- **agar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-agar)
- **agree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-agree)
- **aware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-aware)
- **awake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-awake)
- **algae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-algae)
- **agile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-agile)
- **amaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-amaze)
- **aggie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-aggie)
- **agate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-agate)
- **agave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-agave)
- **AAP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aap-vs-agape)
- **aga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aga-vs-agape)
- **again** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/again-vs-agape)
- **adapt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-agape)
- **adage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-agape)
- **abate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abate-vs-agape)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aagpe`, `agaep`, `agappe`, `aggape`, `agpae`, `gaape`

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