Argos

Name: Argos, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈaɾɣ̞os]

/[ˈaɾɣ̞os]/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Argos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,877
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad del Peloponeso, cerca del golfo de Nauplia, antigua capital de la Argólide.

Corpus desk

Index ES-argos · Argos · Spanish

Argos · rank #35,877 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,877
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH arda

Nearest frequency peer: arda (-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.

apuntaban

64,127
archivar

64,126
arda

64,125
Argos

64,124
aristócrata

64,123
arranques

64,122

What this shows “Argos” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Argos vs aro

40% similar

Argos vs ars

40% similar

Argos vs Aros

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Argos
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Argos”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Argoscae aquí:

#35,877

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “arda” (#35,876), “aristócrata” (#35,878), “archivar” (#35,875). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “Argos” va en #35,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Argos (IPA [ˈaɾɣ̞os]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,877 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
Ciudad del Peloponeso, cerca del golfo de Nauplia, antigua capital de la Argólide.
2
Nave que transportó a los argonautas.
3
Perro 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.
4
Príncipe 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.

Edit distance from "Argos"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Argos"?

"Argos" is spelled A-R-G-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɾɣ̞os].

What does "Argos" mean?

As a proper noun, "Argos" means: Ciudad del Peloponeso, cerca del golfo de Nauplia, antigua capital de la Argólide.

What words are commonly confused with "Argos"?

"Argos" is commonly confused with "aro", "ars", "Aros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Argos"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Argos" is [ˈaɾɣ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Argos" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

atañe#35,885 axila#35,893 based#35,898 agria#35,853

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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