argus

\aʁ.ɡys\

/\aʁ.ɡys\/ noun

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The verdict

“argus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,550
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Publication donnant une cote des voitures en fonction de leur âge et modèle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-argus · argus · French

argus · rank #33,550 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,550
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Argos

Nearest frequency peer: Argos (-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 « argus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « argus » 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).

argus vs ars
60% similar
argus vs aus
60% similar
argus vs aru
60% similar

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

Key facts for argus
PropertyValue
Headwordargus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ɡys\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,550
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « argus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).argusse 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 « Argos » (#33,549), « Arlon » (#33,551), « ardents » (#33,548). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « argus » est au #33,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around argus (IPA \aʁ.ɡys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,550 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Publication donnant une cote des voitures en fonction de leur âge et modèle.
  2. 2
    (Par extension) Publication similaire dans d’autres domaines.
  3. 3
    Nom de plusieurs espèces d’animaux offrant des taches que l’on a comparées à des yeux.
  4. 4
    Nom 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.
  5. 5
    Surveillant, espion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’argus (de l’automobile).
  2. Or, l’argus automobile à partir de cinq ans ou sept ans, ne donne plus de prix.

Synonyms

mercuriale

This word in other languages

argus(English)

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.

agrus2arggus1argsu2arguss1arrgus1arugs2ragus2
Edit distance from "argus"

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 "argus"?
"argus" is spelled A-R-G-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ɡys\.
What does "argus" mean?
As a noun, "argus" means: Publication donnant une cote des voitures en fonction de leur âge et modèle.
What words are commonly confused with "argus"?
"argus" is commonly confused with "ars", "aus", "aru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "argus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "argus" is \aʁ.ɡys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "argus" come from?
"argus" 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 "argus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Argos#33,549Arlon#33,551Belin#33,568boude#33,580

Similar misspelling depth

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

ballot7 variantsbotter7 variantszapper7 variantsbullet7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list