Argos
[ˈaɾɣ̞os]
The verdict
“Argos” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #35,877 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #35,877
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad del Peloponeso, cerca del golfo de Nauplia, antigua capital de la Argólide.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Argos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɾɣ̞os] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Argos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Argos is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɾɣ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,877 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Argos, with forms such as "agros", "arggos", and "argoss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aro", "ars", "Aros", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Argos, spelled A-R-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1Ciudad del Peloponeso, cerca del golfo de Nauplia, antigua capital de la Argólide.
- 2Nave que transportó a los argonautas.
- 3Perro de Ulises, inmortalizado por Homero. Fue el único ser que reconoció al héroe cuando volvió a Ítaca. Expiró tras dar tan conmovedor testimonio de fidelidad.
- 4Príncipe argivo que, según la fábula, tenía cien ojos, de los que siempre tenía abiertos cincuenta y a quien encargó Juno la guarda de Ío convertida en vaca Mercurio consiguió dormirlo por completo con su flauta y le cortó la cabeza; Juno sembró entonces sus ojos en la cola del pavo real. Ha pasado a la lengua el nombre de Argos como símbolo de la vigilancia.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agros,arggos,argoss,argso,arogs,arrgos,ragos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Argos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Argos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-G-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɾɣ̞os] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aro” - see the side-by-side comparison. Argos vs aro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.