argument
/ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/
"argument" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“argument” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,282
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
Corpus desk
Index EN-argument · argument · English
argument · rank #2,282 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,282
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,202
- PHOTO-FINISH approximately
Nearest frequency peer: approximately (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “argument”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- applications
applications
97,722 corpus weight
- approved
approved
97,721 corpus weight
- approximate…
approximately
97,720 corpus weight
- argument
argument
97,719 corpus weight
- arrested
arrested
97,718 corpus weight
- claimed
claimed
97,717 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “argument” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | argument |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “argument” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around argument (IPA /ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,282 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for argument, with forms such as "agrument", "arggument", and "argmuent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "augment", "armament", "arguments", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumder. Anglo-Norman arguementbor. Middle English argument English argument From Middle English argument, from Anglo-Norman an… The correct English form is argument, spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- 2A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- 3A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- 4An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- 5A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- 6Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
- 7Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- 8The independent variable of a function.
- 9The phase of a complex number.
- 10A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- 11A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- 12A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- 13A matter in question; a business in hand.
- 14The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
- 15Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how argument appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is no greater, at leaſt no more palpable and convincing Argument of the Exiſtence of a Deity than the admirable Art and Wiſdom that diſcovers itſelf in the make and conſtitution, the order and diſpoſition, the ends and uſes of all the parts and members of this ſtately fabrick of Heaven and Earth.
Says Plowdon [i.e., Edmund Plowden], the whale so caught belongs to the King and Queen, “because of its superior excellence.” And by the soundest commentators this has ever been held a cogent argument in such matters.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumder. Anglo-Norman arguementbor. Middle English argument English argument From Middle English argument, from Anglo-Norman and Old French arguement, from Latin argumentum. The English word is analysable as argue + -ment. Doublet of argumentum. Displaced native Old English racu and ġeflit.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agrument
- arggument
- argmuent
- arguemnt
- argumennt
- argumentt
- argumetn
- argumment
- argumnet
- arrgument
- arugment
- ragument
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of argument - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "argument", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.