argousin
\aʁ.ɡu.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“argousin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bas officier qui était autrefois chargé de la surveillance dans les bagnes et les galères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-argousin · argousin · French
argousin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argousin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.ɡu.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
argousin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.ɡu.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for argousin in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is argousin, spelled A-R-G-O-U-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Bas officier qui était autrefois chargé de la surveillance dans les bagnes et les galères.
- 2Policier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how argousin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trois jours encore, et il était flétri, jeté dans un bagne, d’où il se serait échappé peut-être en assassinant un argousin. )
— Monsieur, dit le prince des Voyageurs en lui jetant des regards enflammés, vous êtes un drôle et un polisson, qui, sous peine d’être le dernier des argousins, gens que je place au-dessous des forçats, devez me rendre raison de l’insulte que vous venez de me faire en me mettant en rapport avec un homme que vous saviez fou.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.