agave

[aˈɣ̞aβ̞e]

/[aˈɣ̞aβ̞e]/ noun

The verdict

“agave” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,057 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,057
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Agave spp) género de plantas suculentas originarias del continente Americano.

Corpus desk

Index ES-agave · agave · Spanish

agave · rank #50,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,057
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH afligida

Nearest frequency peer: afligida (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “agave”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “agave” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agave
PropertyValue
Headwordagave
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈɣ̞aβ̞e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,057
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “agave” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).agavecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “afligida” (#50,056), “agudiza” (#50,058), “adosada” (#50,054). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “agave” va en #50,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agave is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,057 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈɣ̞aβ̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Agave spp) género de plantas suculentas originarias del continente Americano.".

agave has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is agave, spelled A-G-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Agave spp) género de plantas suculentas originarias del continente Americano.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agave"?
"agave" is spelled A-G-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈɣ̞aβ̞e].
What does "agave" mean?
As a noun, "agave" means: (Agave spp) género de plantas suculentas originarias del continente Americano.
How do you pronounce "agave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agave" is [aˈɣ̞aβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agave" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agave", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list