# agree

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈɡɹiː/ · frequency rank #1,133

## Definitions
1. To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
2. To give assent; to accede.
3. To yield assent to; to approve.
4. To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
5. To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.
6. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
7. To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
8. To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

## Etymology
From Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer (“to accept or receive kindly”), from a gré (“favorably”), from Latin ad (“to”) + gratum (“pleasing”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to welcome, greet, praise”).

## Easily confused with
- **are** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-are)
- **area** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-area)
- **arse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-arse)
- **Ares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-ares)
- **agro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-agro)
- **agri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-agri)
- **Arne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-arne)
- **aren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-aren)
- **Arie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-arie)
- **aired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-aired)
- **aires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-aires)
- **Ayres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-ayres)
- **agreed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-agreed)
- **agrees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agree-vs-agrees)
- **age** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/age-vs-agree)
- **ages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ages-vs-agree)
- **aged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aged-vs-agree)
- **acre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acre-vs-agree)
- **agra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agra-vs-agree)
- **acres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acres-vs-agree)

## Common misspellings (6)
`agere`, `aggree`, `agre`, `agrree`, `argee`, `garee`

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