album
/ˈælbəm/noun
album is spelled A-L-B-U-M: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 105 times per million words in written English, the 1,021st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, album means “In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of album is albums or alba.
How many letters and syllables are in album?
| Letters | 5: A-L-B-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 105 times per million words; the 1,021st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is album?
Album appears 105 times per million words in written English, the 1,021st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce album?
- UK /ˈælbəm/
- UK [ˈæɫb̚m̩]
- UK [ˈaɫb̚m̩]
Album has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-album.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of album
- albums plural
- alba plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does album mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
- 2
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
In his free time, he used to open his album and add new pictures to it.
- 3
A collection, especially of literary items.
This mixture was to be effected either by drawing the juries partly from the senate (of about 300 members), partly from an album of 300 equites (Plut. CG 5.2, Comp. 2.1), or by adlecting 600 equites into the senate and drawing the juries fr
- 4
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
- 5
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
- 6
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
His albums are very popular on Spotify.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Album in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does album come from?
Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).