# gage

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #21,805

## Definitions
1. To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
2. To bet or wager (something).
3. To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.

## Etymology
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.

## Easily confused with
- **ge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-ge)
- **gg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gg)
- **gas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gas)
- **Gay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gay)
- **gap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gap)
- **gig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gig)
- **gal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gal)
- **gee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gee)
- **GAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gao)
- **gan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gan)
- **gah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gah)
- **gar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gar)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gre)
- **Gaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gaz)
- **gat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gat)
- **gam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gam)
- **GGG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-ggg)
- **GHG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-ghg)
- **gog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-gog)
- **game** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gage-vs-game)

## Common misspellings (5)
`agge`, `gaeg`, `gagge`, `ggae`, `ggage`

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