# cargo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #5,197

## Definitions
1. Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
2. Western material goods.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga.

## Easily confused with
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-cro)
- **cars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-cars)
- **carl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carl)
- **cart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-cart)
- **carr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carr)
- **Cary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-cary)
- **carp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carp)
- **Cato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-cato)
- **Caro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-caro)
- **carry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carry)
- **carol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carol)
- **Congo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-congo)
- **Carlo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carlo)
- **carts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carts)
- **Carla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carla)
- **carve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carve)
- **Carly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carly)
- **carte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carte)
- **Carta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-carta)
- **corgi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cargo-vs-corgi)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acrgo`, `cagro`, `carggo`, `carog`, `carrgo`, `ccargo`, `crago`

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