argus
\aʁ.ɡys\
The verdict
“argus” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #33,550 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,550
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Publication donnant une cote des voitures en fonction de leur âge et modèle.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.ɡys\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #33,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “argus” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for argus is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.ɡys\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,550 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for argus, with forms such as "agrus", "arggus", and "argsu". 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", "aus", "aru", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is argus, spelled A-R-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1Publication donnant une cote des voitures en fonction de leur âge et modèle.
- 2(Par extension) Publication similaire dans d’autres domaines.
- 3Nom de plusieurs espèces d’animaux offrant des taches que l’on a comparées à des yeux.
- 4Nom donné à deux genres monospécifiques d'oiseaux de l’ordre des galliformes et de la famille des phasianidés, habitant les forêts matures de l'Indochine et de l'Indonésie, à tête dénudée et à cris extrêmement perçants, dont le mâle possède deux très longues rectrices caudales ainsi que de très longues rémiges ocellées à la façon des paons, et qu’il déploie lors d'une pariade spectaculaire.
- 5Surveillant, espion.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agrus,arggus,argsu,arguss,arrgus,arugs,ragus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of argus - 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.
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.
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Using “argus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-G-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \aʁ.ɡys\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ars” - see the side-by-side comparison. argus vs ars
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.