# army

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑː.mi/ · frequency rank #921

## Definitions
1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
2. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
3. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
4. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
5. A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
6. A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
7. Any multitude.
8. The military as a whole.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.
Latin arma
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin armō
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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin armātus
Anglo-Norman armeebor.
Middle English armee
English army
From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).
Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.

## Easily confused with
- **ay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-ay)
- **art** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-art)
- **ATM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-atm)
- **arr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arr)
- **asm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-asm)
- **aro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-aro)
- **ARP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arp)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arn)
- **away** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-away)
- **arts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arts)
- **arse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arse)
- **Arya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arya)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-aron)
- **arty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arty)
- **Arun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arun)
- **awry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-awry)
- **Arne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arne)
- **Arno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-arno)
- **ASMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-asmr)
- **ashy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/army-vs-ashy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`amry`, `armmy`, `armyy`, `arrmy`, `arym`, `ramy`

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