argosy
"argosy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“argosy” is uncommon English (frequency #81,120 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,120
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A merchant ship.
Corpus desk
Index EN-argosy · argosy · English
argosy · rank #81,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,120
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arezzo
Nearest frequency peer: Arezzo (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “argosy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arachidonic
arachidonic
18,884 corpus weight
- arbitrarine…
arbitrariness
18,883 corpus weight
- Arezzo
Arezzo
18,882 corpus weight
- argosy
argosy
18,881 corpus weight
- arsenide
arsenide
18,879 corpus weight
- Asan
Asan
18,877 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “argosy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argosy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “argosy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
argosy is uncommon English at frequency #81,120 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
argosy has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of Italian ragusea (“a large ship”), after the maritime city of Ragusa, now Dubrovnik. The correct English form is argosy, spelled A-R-G-O-S-Y.
Definition
- 1A merchant ship.
- 2A merchant flotilla, fleet.
- 3An abundant supply, boatload.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how argosy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gremio, 'tis known my father hath no less Than three great argosies, besides two galliasses, And twelve tight galleys; these I will assure her, And twice as much, whate'er thou offer'st next.
The wreck was total—as total as that ever is which trusts its all to one argosy.
Etymology
Alteration of Italian ragusea (“a large ship”), after the maritime city of Ragusa, now Dubrovnik.
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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