# album

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈælbəm/ · frequency rank #1,010

## Definitions
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.
3. A collection, especially of literary items.
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.

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

## Easily confused with
- **alm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-alm)
- **alum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-alum)
- **Alun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-alun)
- **aloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-aloud)
- **annum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-annum)
- **Albury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-albury)
- **albumin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-albumin)
- **Abu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abu-vs-album)
- **alb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alb-vs-album)
- **alba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-album)
- **alarm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alarm-vs-album)
- **Alban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-album)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ablum`, `albbum`, `albmu`, `albumm`, `allbum`, `alubm`, `labum`

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