agave

/a.'ga.vi/

//a.'ga.vi// noun

The verdict

“agave” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,947 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,947
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta da família das Amarilidáceas, oriunda do México

Corpus desk

Index PT-agave · agave · Portuguese

agave · rank #65,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,947
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH agiotagem

Nearest frequency peer: agiotagem (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “agave”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “agave” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agave
PropertyValue
Headwordagave
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.'ga.vi/
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “agave” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.agavecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “agiotagem” (#65,948), “acuado” (#65,939), “amma” (#65,957). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “agave” fica em #65,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agave is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,947 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /a.'ga.vi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "planta da família das Amarilidáceas, oriunda do México".

Zero misspellings are on record for agave in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is agave, spelled A-G-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta da família das Amarilidáceas, oriunda do México

Synonyms

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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 Portuguese 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 /a.'ga.vi/.
What does "agave" mean?
As a noun, "agave" means: planta da família das Amarilidáceas, oriunda do México
How do you pronounce "agave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agave" is /a.'ga.vi/. 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list