armada
/ɑɹˈmɑdə/noun
armada is spelled A-R-M-A-D-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, armada means “A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of armada is armadas.
How many letters and syllables are in armada?
| Letters | 6: A-R-M-A-D-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is armada?
Armada appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce armada?
- UK /ɑːˈmɑːdə/
- US /ɑɹˈmɑdə/
- /ɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪdə/
Armada has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-armada.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with armada?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as armada from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ramada.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of armada
- armadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does armada mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
- 2
Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
- 3
A large flock of anything.
An armada of insects attacked us every day at sunset.
- 4
A group of newts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Armada in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a fleet of warships:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does armada come from?
Borrowed from Spanish armada (“fleet, navy”), from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma. Doublet of army.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).