argón
[aɾˈɣ̞õn]
The verdict
“argón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,640 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,640
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El argón o argon es un elemento químico de número atómico 18 y símbolo Ar. Es el tercero de los gases nobles, incoloro e inerte como ellos, constituye en torno al 1% del aire.
Corpus desk
Index ES-argon · argón · Spanish
argón · rank #83,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,640
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arguello
Nearest frequency peer: arguello (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “argón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- arcén
arcén
16,365 corpus weight
- arguello
arguello
16,362 corpus weight
- argón
argón
16,361 corpus weight
- armoniza
armoniza
16,360 corpus weight
- Arocha
Arocha
16,358 corpus weight
- arqueada
arqueada
16,357 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “argón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾˈɣ̞õn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “argón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
argón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,640 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈɣ̞õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "El argón o argon es un elemento químico de número atómico 18 y símbolo Ar. Es el tercero de los gases nobles, incoloro e inerte como ellos, constituye en torno al 1% del aire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for argón, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is argón, spelled A-R-G-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1El argón o argon es un elemento químico de número atómico 18 y símbolo Ar. Es el tercero de los gases nobles, incoloro e inerte como ellos, constituye en torno al 1% del aire.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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