# argent

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑːdʒənt/ · frequency rank #36,871

## Definitions
1. The metal silver.
2. The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
3. Whiteness; anything that is white.
4. A moth of the genus Argyresthia.

## Etymology
From Middle English argent, from Old French argent m (“silver”), from Latin argentum n (“white money, silver”).

## Easily confused with
- **argon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-argon)
- **arrest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-arrest)
- **ascent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-ascent)
- **assent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-assent)
- **Arlene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-arlene)
- **augment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-augment)
- **argument** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-argument)
- **aren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aren-vs-argent)
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agent-vs-argent)
- **arena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arena-vs-argent)
- **arent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-argent)
- **Arden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arden-vs-argent)
- **aren't** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aren-t-vs-argent)
- **agents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agents-vs-argent)
- **accent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accent-vs-argent)
- **absent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absent-vs-argent)
- **advent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-argent)
- **ardent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ardent-vs-argent)

## Common misspellings (9)
`agrent`, `aregnt`, `argennt`, `argentt`, `argetn`, `arggent`, `argnet`, `arrgent`, `ragent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/argent