armature
/ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/
"armature" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“armature” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,362 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,362
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armature |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “armature” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for armature is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,362 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
armature has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure. The correct English form is armature, spelled A-R-M-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
- 2Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
- 3The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
- 4The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
- 5The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
- 6A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
- 7A supporting framework in a sculpture.
- 8A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
- 9A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
- 10Any apparatus for defence.
- 11The frame of a pair of glasses.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “armature”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-R-M-A-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.