Argo

[ˈaʁɡo]

/[ˈaʁɡo]/ name

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The verdict

“Argo” is uncommon German (frequency #55,134 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,134
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - legendäres, schnelles Schiff, mit dem die Argonauten zur Suche nach dem Goldenen Vlies aufbrachen

Corpus desk

Index DE-argo · Argo · German

Argo · rank #55,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,134
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Architekturen

Nearest frequency peer: Architekturen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Argo“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Argo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Argo
PropertyValue
HeadwordArgo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈaʁɡo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,134
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Argo“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Argofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Architekturen“ (#55,133), „Assis“ (#55,136), „Arbeitslohn“ (#55,131). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Argo“ bei #55,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Argo is uncommon German at frequency #55,134 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈaʁɡo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "legendäres, schnelles Schiff, mit dem die Argonauten zur Suche nach dem Goldenen Vlies aufbrachen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Argo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Argo, spelled A-R-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    legendäres, schnelles Schiff, mit dem die Argonauten zur Suche nach dem Goldenen Vlies aufbrachen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Argo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Iason zog mit 50 Gefährten, den nach ihrem Schiff, der Argo, genannten Argonauten, aus, um das Goldene Vlies aus Kolchis am Ostufer des Schwarzen Meeres zu rauben.“

This word in other languages

Argo(English)

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 "Argo"?
"Argo" is spelled A-R-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁɡo].
What does "Argo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Argo" means: legendäres, schnelles Schiff, mit dem die Argonauten zur Suche nach dem Goldenen Vlies aufbrachen
How do you pronounce "Argo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Argo" is [ˈaʁɡo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Argo" come from?
"Argo" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

babo#55,158brig#55,205Caen#55,216coal#55,225

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list