ágape

/[ˈaɣ̞ape]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#89,471

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

ágape is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rito paleocristiano, inicialmente vinculado al sacramento de la eucaristía, que incluía una comida colectiva de los fieles Pronounced [ˈaɣ̞ape].

Key facts for ágape
PropertyValue
Headwordágape
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɣ̞ape]
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,471
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ágape in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ágape is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɣ̞ape]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,471 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ágape in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ágape, spelled Á-G-A-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rito paleocristiano, inicialmente vinculado al sacramento de la eucaristía, que incluía una comida colectiva de los fieles
  2. 2
    Por extensión, comida de carácter festivo y muy copiosa
  3. 3
    Amor desinteresado y espiritual, en especial el que los antiguos, tanto cristianos como algunos paganos, atribuían a sus deidades

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #89,471 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ágape"?
"ágape" is spelled Á-G-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɣ̞ape].
What does "ágape" mean?
As a noun, "ágape" means: Rito paleocristiano, inicialmente vinculado al sacramento de la eucaristía, que incluía una comida colectiva de los fieles
How do you pronounce "ágape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ágape" is [ˈaɣ̞ape]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ágape" come from?
"ágape" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.