circular argument
"circular-argument" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“circular argument” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-circular-argument · circular argument · English
circular argument · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circular argument |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “circular argument” in English
Rare enough to double-check
circular argument is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for circular argument in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is circular argument, spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-R- -A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy.
- 2An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how circular argument appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A logically circular argument’s conclusion is included as one of its premises.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.