# Argus

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɑːɡəs/ · frequency rank #27,051

## Definitions
1. A mythical being, also called Argos or Argus Panoptes, with many eyes, a watchman who served Hera; his eyes were later transplanted to the peacock's tail.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).

## Easily confused with
- **arms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-arms)
- **arts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-arts)
- **Arun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-arun)
- **aris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-aris)
- **Aries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-aries)
- **Arias** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-arias)
- **Arjun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-arjun)
- **arras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-arras)
- **august** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-august)
- **arouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-arouse)
- **aureus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argus-vs-aureus)
- **arg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arg-vs-argus)
- **AGS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ags-vs-argus)
- **ages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ages-vs-argus)
- **anus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anus-vs-argus)
- **Ares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ares-vs-argus)
- **Argo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argo-vs-argus)
- **argh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argh-vs-argus)
- **argue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-argus)
- **Arabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabs-vs-argus)

## Common misspellings (7)
`agrus`, `arggus`, `argsu`, `arguss`, `arrgus`, `arugs`, `ragus`

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