# arbor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑːbə/ · frequency rank #15,097

## Definitions
1. A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
2. A grove of trees.

## Etymology
From Middle English arbour, erbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”) (English herb). (Compare Late Latin herbārium, although erbier is possibly an independent formation.) The spelling was influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).

## Easily confused with
- **arr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-arr)
- **aro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-aro)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-aron)
- **Argo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-argo)
- **Arno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-arno)
- **Arlo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-arlo)
- **arco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-arco)
- **arrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-arrow)
- **armor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-armor)
- **arson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-arson)
- **Argos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-argos)
- **Astor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-astor)
- **argon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-argon)
- **Arora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arbor-vs-arora)
- **abo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abo-vs-arbor)
- **arb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arb-vs-arbor)
- **Amor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amor-vs-arbor)
- **actor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/actor-vs-arbor)
- **amber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amber-vs-arbor)
- **abbot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abbot-vs-arbor)

## Common misspellings (7)
`abror`, `arbbor`, `arborr`, `arbro`, `arobr`, `arrbor`, `rabor`

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