agave
/əˈɡɑːveɪ/
"agave" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agave” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,671. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,671
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave of succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles, flowering at maturity after several years, and generally dying thereafter; large species, ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-agave · agave · English
agave · rank #39,671 · 6 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,671
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH affluence
Nearest frequency peer: affluence (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “agave”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Addie
Addie
60,333 corpus weight
- aether
aether
60,332 corpus weight
- affluence
affluence
60,331 corpus weight
- agave
agave
60,330 corpus weight
- Alexey
Alexey
60,328 corpus weight
- Alhambra
Alhambra
60,326 corpus weight
What this shows “agave” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agave |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈɡɑːveɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “agave”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around agave (IPA /əˈɡɑːveɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,671 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave of succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles, flowering at maturity after several years, and generally dying thereafter; large species, ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for agave, with forms such as "aagve", "agaev", and "agavve". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "age", "ave", "agree", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”). The correct English form is agave, spelled A-G-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave of succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles, flowering at maturity after several years, and generally dying thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
1893 Charles Richards Dodge, A Report on the Leaf Fibers of the United States. Pub: Govt. print. office Washington The work of cutting the leaves, even from these isolated plants, was in the nature of an ordeal. Every member of the party took a knife and attacked the thicket, no one escaping the experience of bleeding hands and arms and of more or less in…
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aagve
- agaev
- agavve
- aggave
- agvae
- gaave
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agave - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).