argentine

\aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin\

/\aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin\/ noun

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The verdict

“argentine” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,121
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vulgaire de la potentille ansérine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-argentine · argentine · French

argentine · rank #4,121 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,121
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH analyses

Nearest frequency peer: analyses (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « argentine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « argentine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

argentine vs argentins
89% similar
argentine vs argentique
80% similar
argentine vs argenté
67% similar

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

Key facts for argentine
PropertyValue
Headwordargentine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,121
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « argentine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).argentinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « analyses » (#4,120), « at » (#4,122), « admis » (#4,119). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « argentine » est au #4,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around argentine (IPA \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,121 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for argentine, with forms such as "agrentine", "aregntine", and "argenitne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "argentins", "argentique", "argenté", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is argentine, spelled A-R-G-E-N-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vulgaire de la potentille ansérine.
  2. 2
    Minéral, qui est une variété lamellaire au lustre argenté de calcite.
  3. 3
    Genre de petits poissons osseux au corps argenté, de la famille des argentinidés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how argentine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Asseyons-nous sur ce talus », dit une voix molle. Sans avoir pris la peine de répondre, nous nous trouvâmes soudain couchés dans les touffes d´argentine.

This word in other languages

silverweed(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrentine
  • aregntine
  • argenitne
  • argenntine
  • argentien
  • argentinne
  • argentnie
  • argenttine
  • argetnine
  • arggentine
  • argnetine
  • arrgentine
  • ragentine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of argentine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agrentine2aregntine2argenitne2argenntine1argentien2argentinne1argentnie2argenttine1
Edit distance from "argentine"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "argentine"?
"argentine" is spelled A-R-G-E-N-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin\.
What does "argentine" mean?
As a noun, "argentine" means: Nom vulgaire de la potentille ansérine.
What words are commonly confused with "argentine"?
"argentine" is commonly confused with "argentins", "argentique", "argenté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "argentine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "argentine" is \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "argentine" come from?
"argentine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accidents#4,116boulevard#4,129économies#4,113confirmer#4,137

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

inscrits13 variantsdéplacer13 variantschrétien13 variantscinquante13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list