# wager

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #16,617

## Definitions
1. A bet; a stake; a pledge.
2. The subject of a bet.
3. A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
4. An offer to make oath.

## Etymology
From Middle English wajour, wageour, wager, from Old Northern French wageure, from wagier (“to pledge”) (compare Old French guagier, whence modern French gager and contemporary Walloon wadjî), ultimately from Frankish *waddjōn (“to pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ *waddī (“pledge”). See also wage.

## Easily confused with
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-war)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wer)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wake)
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wave)
- **ware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-ware)
- **wane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wane)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wale)
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-water)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wales)
- **waves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-waves)
- **wages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wages)
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wider)
- **wagon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wagon)
- **weber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-weber)
- **waved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-waved)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wiser)
- **wares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wares)
- **waxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-waxed)
- **wiper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-wiper)
- **waver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-waver)

## Common misspellings (7)
`awger`, `waegr`, `wagerr`, `wagger`, `wagre`, `wgaer`, `wwager`

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