# agave

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈɡɑːveɪ/ · frequency rank #39,671

## Definitions
1. 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, 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.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

## Easily confused with
- **age** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-age)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-ave)
- **agree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-agree)
- **aware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-aware)
- **alive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-alive)
- **awake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-awake)
- **algae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-algae)
- **agile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-agile)
- **amaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-amaze)
- **aggie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-aggie)
- **Algarve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-algarve)
- **aga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aga-vs-agave)
- **agar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agar-vs-agave)
- **again** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/again-vs-agave)
- **above** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/above-vs-agave)
- **adage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-agave)
- **agate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agate-vs-agave)
- **abate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abate-vs-agave)
- **agape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agape-vs-agave)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aagve`, `agaev`, `agavve`, `aggave`, `agvae`, `gaave`

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