# armor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑː.mə/ · frequency rank #7,416

## Definitions
1. A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
2. A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
3. A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
4. A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
5. A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
6. The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.

## Etymology
From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).

## Easily confused with
- **arr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-arr)
- **aro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-aro)
- **army** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-army)
- **arms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-arms)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-aron)
- **Arno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-arno)
- **ASMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-asmr)
- **arrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-arrow)
- **arson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-arson)
- **Astor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-astor)
- **atmos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-atmos)
- **Arora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-arora)
- **armored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-armored)
- **armoury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/armor-vs-armoury)
- **arm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arm-vs-armor)
- **AMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amr-vs-armor)
- **ammo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ammo-vs-armor)
- **Amos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amos-vs-armor)
- **amir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amir-vs-armor)
- **Amor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amor-vs-armor)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amror`, `armmor`, `armorr`, `armro`, `aromr`, `arrmor`, `ramor`

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