album

/ˈælbəm/

//ˈælbəm// noun

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"album" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“album” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,010
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.

Corpus desk

Index EN-album · album · English

album · rank #1,010 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,010
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH y

Nearest frequency peer: y (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “album”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “album” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

album vs alm
60% similar
album vs alum
80% similar
album vs Alun
40% similar

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

Key facts for album
PropertyValue
Headwordalbum
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈælbəm/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,010
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “album”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).albumlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “y” (#1,009), “century” (#1,011), “write” (#1,008). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “album” is #1,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around album (IPA /ˈælbəm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,010 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for album, with forms such as "ablum", "albbum", and "albmu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "alm", "alum", "Alun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). The correct English form is album, spelled A-L-B-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
  2. 2
    A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
  3. 3
    A collection, especially of literary items.
  4. 4
    A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
  5. 5
    A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
  6. 6
    A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will nev…
  2. In his free time, he used to open his album and add new pictures to it.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).

Synonyms

diskdiscLPlong-playing

This word in other languages

álbum(Español)album(Français)Album(Deutsch)álbum(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablum
  • albbum
  • albmu
  • albumm
  • allbum
  • alubm
  • labum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of album - 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.

ablum2albbum1albmu2albumm1allbum1alubm2labum2
Edit distance from "album"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "album"?
"album" is spelled A-L-B-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈælbəm/.
What does "album" mean?
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.
What words are commonly confused with "album"?
"album" is commonly confused with "alm", "alum", "Alun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "album"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "album" is /ˈælbəm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "album"?
Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "album", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

write#1,008eight#1,016speak#1,004shall#1,003

Similar misspelling depth

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

effect7 variantsriver7 variantssales7 variantsgives7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list