# android

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/ · frequency rank #3,465

## Definitions
1. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
2. An artificial human.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.

## Easily confused with
- **Andrei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andrei-vs-android)

## Common misspellings (10)
`adnroid`, `anddroid`, `andorid`, `andriod`, `androdi`, `androidd`, `andrroid`, `anndroid`, `anrdoid`, `nadroid`

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