# artillery

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/ · frequency rank #7,524

## Definitions
1. Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
2. An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
3. Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
4. Weapons, especially siege engines.
5. One or more guns.

## Etymology
From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from Vulgar Latin *apticlō < **apticulō, from Latin aptō (“to make capable”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`aritllery`, `arrtillery`, `artilelry`, `artilery`, `artillerry`, `artilleryy`, `artilleyr`, `artillrey`, `artlilery`, `arttillery`, `atrillery`, `ratillery`

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