Airline

/[ˈɛːɐ̯laɪ̯n]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,152

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Airline is aGermannoun. It means: Unternehmen, das Passagiere per Flugzeug befördert Pronounced [ˈɛːɐ̯laɪ̯n]. Often confused with Airlines and Aibling.

Key facts for Airline
PropertyValue
HeadwordAirline
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛːɐ̯laɪ̯n]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,152
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Airline in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Airline is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛːɐ̯laɪ̯n]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,152 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unternehmen, das Passagiere per Flugzeug befördert".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Airline, with forms such as "ailrine", "airilne", and "airlien". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Airlines", "Aibling", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Airline, spelled A-I-R-L-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unternehmen, das Passagiere per Flugzeug befördert

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ailrine,airilne,airlien,airlinne,airlline,airlnie,airrline,ariline,iarline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Airline

Misspelling Variants of "Airline"

ailrine7airilne7airlien7airlinne8airlline8airlnie7airrline8ariline7
Misspelling Variants of "Airline"

Frequency rank: #18,152 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Airline"?
"Airline" is spelled A-I-R-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛːɐ̯laɪ̯n].
What does "Airline" mean?
As a noun, "Airline" means: Unternehmen, das Passagiere per Flugzeug befördert
What words are commonly confused with "Airline"?
"Airline" is commonly confused with "Airlines", "Aibling". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Airline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Airline" is [ˈɛːɐ̯laɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Airline" come from?
"Airline" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.