arge

Name: arge, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈaʁɡə]

/[ˈaʁɡə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“arge” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,821) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#19,821
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg

Corpus desk

Index DE-arge · arge · German

arge · rank #19,821 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,821
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH anstrengen

Nearest frequency peer: anstrengen (-2 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.

anruft

80,184
anspruchsvo…

80,183
anstrengen

80,182
arge

80,180
aufgestiegen

80,178
Aurora

80,177

What this shows Balken platzieren „arge“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arge vs Art

25% similar

arge vs Arm

25% similar

arge vs Aue

25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arge
Property	Value
Headword	arge
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈaʁɡə]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#19,821
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „arge“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.argeliegt auf dieser Marke:

#19,821

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „anstrengen“ (#19,819), „aufgestiegen“ (#19,823), „anspruchsvollen“ (#19,818). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „arge“ bei #19,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for arge is neighbouring look-alikes ("Art", "Arm", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈaʁɡə]. Frequency #19,821 among 6,976 “A” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for arge, with forms such as "agre", "areg", and "argge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Art", "Arm", "Aue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is arge, spelled A-R-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

agre
areg
argge
arrge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arge - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "arge"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arge"?

"arge" is spelled A-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁɡə].

What does "arge" mean?

As an adjective, "arge" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arg

What words are commonly confused with "arge"?

"arge" is commonly confused with "Art", "Arm", "Aue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "arge"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arge" is [ˈaʁɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "arge" come from?

"arge" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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