art
/ɑɹt/noun
art is spelled A-R-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 195 times per million words in written English, the 516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Art, the name). As a noun, art means “The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of art is arts or arts..
How many letters and syllables are in art?
| Letters | 3: A-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 195 times per million words; the 516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 art?
Art appears 195 times per million words in written English, the 516th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Art, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce art?
- UK /ɑːt/
- US /ɑɹt/
- [ɑːʔ]
Art has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-art.ogg, En-us-art.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with art?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as art from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rat, tar, tra, rta.
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 art
- arts plural
- arts. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does art mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
- 2
The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
- 3
Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
She's mastered the art of programming.
- 4
The study and the product of these processes.
He's at university to study art.
- 5
Aesthetic value.
Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
- 6
Artwork.
Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.
- 7
A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
I'm a great supporter of the arts.
- 8
(often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of Achilles tendon reflex time.
- 2
Abbreviation of assisted reproductive technology.
- 3
Abbreviation of Androgen Replacement Therapy.
- 4
Abbreviation of Active Release Technique.
- 5
Abbreviation of Adaptive resonance theory.
- 6
Abbreviation of Algebraic Reconstruction Technique.
- 7
Abbreviation of Alternative Risk Transfer.
- 8
Abbreviation of acoustic resonance technology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Art in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 art come from?
From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft. See also archaic English list (“art, craft, cunning, skill”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).