# arms

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɑɹmz/ · frequency rank #1,591

## Definitions
1. Weaponry, weapons.
2. A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement

## Etymology
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.

## Easily confused with
- **as** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-as)
- **art** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-art)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-ass)
- **ATM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-atm)
- **AWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-aws)
- **arr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-arr)
- **asm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-asm)
- **aro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-aro)
- **ARP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-arp)
- **Avs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-avs)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-arn)
- **army** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-army)
- **arts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-arts)
- **asks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-asks)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-axis)
- **arse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-arse)
- **axes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-axes)
- **Arya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-arya)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-aron)
- **arty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arms-vs-arty)

## Common misspellings (5)
`amrs`, `armms`, `armss`, `arrms`, `arsm`

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