Argos

\aʁ.ɡos\

/\aʁ.ɡos\/ name

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The verdict

“Argos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,549
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Géant doté de cent yeux. À la mort du géant, Héra aurait transposé ses yeux sur les plumes du paon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-argos · Argos · French

Argos · rank #33,549 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,549
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ardents

Nearest frequency peer: ardents (-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 « Argos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Argos » 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).

Argos vs ars
40% similar
Argos vs arts
40% similar
Argos vs Aron
60% similar

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

Key facts for Argos
PropertyValue
HeadwordArgos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\aʁ.ɡos\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,549
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Argos »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ardents » (#33,548), « argus » (#33,550), « Archambault » (#33,547). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Argos » est au #33,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Argos (IPA \aʁ.ɡos\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,549 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 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, "ars", "arts", "Aron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Argos, spelled A-R-G-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Géant doté de cent yeux. À la mort du géant, Héra aurait transposé ses yeux sur les plumes du paon.
  2. 2
    Charpentier ayant construit Argo (fils d’Arestor ou de Phrixos selon les sources) et Argonaute. Parfois aussi présenté comme le pilote du navire.
  3. 3
    Fils de Polybe, autre Argonaute.
  4. 4
    Chien de chasse d’Ulysse dans l’Odyssée d’Homère.
  5. 5
    Fils de Zeus et troisième roi légendaire de la ville d’Argolide, dont il est éponyme.
  6. 6
    Ex-capitale de l’Argolide.
  7. 7
    Ville de l’Indiana.
  8. 8
    Rivière du Maine-et-Loire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Personne n’avait pu surprendre Argos, dont les yeux ne se fermaient jamais, avant que Hermès, le messager de Zeus, s’approchât avec une douce musique endormante et le tuât, prêt à céder enfin au sommeil.
  2. Le bateau des Argonautes, nommé Argo, est construit par un charpentier nommé Argos […]

Synonyms

Argos Panoptès

This word in other languages

Argus(English)Argos(Deutsch)

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.

agros2arggos1argoss1argso2arogs2arrgos1ragos2
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 French 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 \aʁ.ɡos\.
What does "Argos" mean?
As a proper noun, "Argos" means: Géant doté de cent yeux. À la mort du géant, Héra aurait transposé ses yeux sur les plumes du paon.
What words are commonly confused with "Argos"?
"Argos" is commonly confused with "ars", "arts", "Aron". 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 \aʁ.ɡos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Argos" come from?
"Argos" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

argus#33,550Arlon#33,551Belin#33,568boude#33,580

Similar misspelling depth

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

ballot7 variantszapper7 variantsbotter7 variantsverde7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list