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We present the first detailed analysis of nuclear form factor uncertainties relevant for neutrino trident processes. We focus on argon charged form factors given their relevance in current and next-generation neutrino experiments. Accurately quantifying this uncertainty is important to perform precision Standard Model physics analyses and Beyond the Standard Model searches using neutrino tridents, a feat which will be possible for the first time with these experiments. Previously, such uncertainties were estimated to be $\sim 1\%$. Our work shows that uncertainties can be as high as $\sim 10\%$ for argon depending on the choice of parametrization, leading to a $\mathcal{O}(100)$ variation in the number of expected trident events at the DUNE experiment.