argot

/[aɾˈɣ̞ot̪]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,504

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

argot is aSpanishnoun. It means: Vocabulario especializado o terminología empleada exclusivamente por personas que comparten una especialidad, un oficio o una actividad. Pronounced [aɾˈɣ̞ot̪]. Often confused with art and aro.

Key facts for argot
PropertyValue
Headwordargot
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɾˈɣ̞ot̪]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,504
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of argot in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for argot is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɾˈɣ̞ot̪]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,504 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vocabulario especializado o terminología empleada exclusivamente por personas que comparten una especialidad, un oficio o una actividad.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for argot, with forms such as "agrot", "arggot", and "argott". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "aro", "Aros", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is argot, spelled A-R-G-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vocabulario especializado o terminología empleada exclusivamente por personas que comparten una especialidad, un oficio o una actividad.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agrot,arggot,argott,argto,arogt,arrgot,ragot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for argot

Misspelling Variants of "argot"

agrot5arggot6argott6argto5arogt5arrgot6ragot5
Misspelling Variants of "argot"

Frequency rank: #38,504 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "argot"?
"argot" is spelled A-R-G-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾˈɣ̞ot̪].
What does "argot" mean?
As a noun, "argot" means: Vocabulario especializado o terminología empleada exclusivamente por personas que comparten una especialidad, un oficio o una actividad.
What words are commonly confused with "argot"?
"argot" is commonly confused with "art", "aro", "Aros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "argot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "argot" is [aɾˈɣ̞ot̪]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "argot" come from?
"argot" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.