# Argos

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɑːɡɒs/ · frequency rank #27,363

## Definitions
1. A city in the Peloponnese, Greece.
2. The dog of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
3. Alternative form of Argus (“many-eyed servant of Hera”).
4. A town in Indiana; named for the city in Greece.
5. A river in Murcia, Spain; flowing from Caravaca de la Cruz into the Segura at Calasparra.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).

## Easily confused with
- **aro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-aro)
- **arms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arms)
- **arts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arts)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-aron)
- **Arno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arno)
- **Arlo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arlo)
- **aris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-aris)
- **argue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-argue)
- **arrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arrow)
- **armor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-armor)
- **arose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arose)
- **arson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arson)
- **Aries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-aries)
- **Arias** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arias)
- **Argus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-argus)
- **Athos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-athos)
- **atmos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-atmos)
- **arras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arras)
- **arrows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argos-vs-arrows)
- **ago** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ago-vs-argos)

## Common misspellings (7)
`agros`, `arggos`, `argoss`, `argso`, `arogs`, `arrgos`, `ragos`

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