# architecture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.tʃə/ · frequency rank #3,467

## Definitions
1. The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
2. Any particular style of building design.
3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
4. A unifying structure.
5. A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
6. A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
7. The structure and design of a system or product.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχῐ- (ărkhĭ-)
Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō
Proto-Hellenic *téktōn
Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn)
Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor.
Latin architectus
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin architectūralbor.
French architecturebor.
English architecture
Borrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect”, literally “arch builder, ext. chief builder, principal craftsman”).

## Easily confused with
- **architectural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/architectural-vs-architecture)

## Common misspellings (18)
`acrhitecture`, `arcchitecture`, `archhitecture`, `archietcture`, `architceture`, `architeccture`, `architectrue`, `architectture`, `architectuer`, `architecturre`, `architecutre`, `architetcure`, `archittecture`, `archtiecture`, `arcihtecture`, `arhcitecture`, `arrchitecture`, `rachitecture`

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