array
/əˈɹeɪ/noun, verb
array is spelled A-R-R-A-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, array means “Clothing and ornamentation; raiment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of array is arrays.
How many letters and syllables are in array?
| Letters | 5: A-R-R-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 array?
Array appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 array?
- US /əˈɹeɪ/
- Australia /əˈɹæɪ/
- /ˈə.reː/
Array has 2 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: En-us-array.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with array?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as array from its last stressed vowel (/eɪ/):
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 array
- arrays plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- arraying participle, present
- arrayed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does array mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
- 2
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
- 3
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- 4
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
drawn up in battle array
- 5
A large collection.
We offer a dazzling array of choices.
- 6
A matrix.
- 7
Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
- 8
A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
verb
- 1
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
- 2
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- 3
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Array in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bekleidung, Tracht , Arrangement, Feld, Übersicht , Anzahl |
| Portuguese | conjunto, traje , arranjo , gama , array , trajar |
| Spanish | atavío, galas , ristra, sarta, ringlera, retahíla |
| French | éventail , gamme, kyrielle, ribambelle , tableau |
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 array come from?
From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Vulgar Latin *arrēdō (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *rēdum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish *raid or *raidā (“preparation, order”) or Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Compare Old English rād (“condition, stipulation”), Old High German antreitī (“order, rank”). Doublet of ready.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).