cargos

noun

"cargos" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cargos” is uncommon English (frequency #88,179 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,179
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of cargo

Corpus desk

Index EN-cargos · cargos · English

cargos · rank #88,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,179
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Caracalla

Nearest frequency peer: Caracalla (-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 “cargos”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “cargos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cargos
PropertyValue
Headwordcargos
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,179
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cargos” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).cargosfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Caracalla” (#88,178), “carotenoid” (#88,180), “capsular” (#88,177). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cargos” is #88,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cargos is uncommon English at frequency #88,179 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

cargos has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is cargos, spelled C-A-R-G-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of cargo
  2. 2
    cargo pants

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cargos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He wore black three-quarter cargo pants with that same strange belt, except his had a chain running from that to his cargos.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cargos"?
"cargos" is spelled C-A-R-G-O-S.
What does "cargos" mean?
As a noun, "cargos" means: plural of cargo
What language does "cargos" come from?
"cargos" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cargos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list