argon
/ˈɑːɹɡɒn/
"argon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“argon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,381
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-argon · argon · English
argon · rank #34,381 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,381
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arafat
Nearest frequency peer: Arafat (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “argon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- apparition
apparition
65,623 corpus weight
- appetizer
appetizer
65,622 corpus weight
- Arafat
Arafat
65,621 corpus weight
- argon
argon
65,620 corpus weight
- arrowhead
arrowhead
65,619 corpus weight
- ASIC
ASIC
65,618 corpus weight
What this shows “argon” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑːɹɡɒn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “argon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around argon (IPA /ˈɑːɹɡɒn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,381 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for argon, with forms such as "agron", "arggon", and "argno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aro", "ARN", "Avon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness, + -on, used for all noble gases. The correct English form is argon, spelled A-R-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
- 2A single atom of this element.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness, + -on, used for all noble gases.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agron
- arggon
- argno
- argonn
- arogn
- arrgon
- ragon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of argon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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