# admiralty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹəl.ti/ · frequency rank #16,171

## Definitions
1. The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
2. The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
3. The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
4. The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
5. The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.

## Etymology
From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admīrālitās. See admiral. Analyzable as admiral + -ty.

## Easily confused with
- **admiral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admiral-vs-admiralty)
- **admirals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admirals-vs-admiralty)
- **admirably** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admirably-vs-admiralty)

## Common misspellings (14)
`addmiralty`, `adimralty`, `admiarlty`, `admirallty`, `admiraltty`, `admiraltyy`, `admiralyt`, `admiratly`, `admirlaty`, `admirralty`, `admmiralty`, `admrialty`, `amdiralty`, `damiralty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/admiralty